Quality of life as a parameter determining therapeutic choices in cancer care in a Greek sample

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-392

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a,b   Tsilika, Eleni ^b   Befon, Sofia ^b   Kululias, Vasilios ^b   Vlahos, Lambros ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altitude of health personnel; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Physician's practice patterns; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; WELLBEING; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033181784     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699669663451     Document Type: Article

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