Selecting a measure of health related quality of life

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Dempster, M ^a   Donnelly, M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measuring outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034469183     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v32n01_04     Document Type: Review

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