The use of quality of life data in clinical practice

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Morris, Jenny ^a   Perez, David ^b   McNoe, Bronwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Healthcare Otago ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decision making; Oncology; Physician behaviour; QoL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031941613     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008893007068     Document Type: Article

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