Translating instruments into other languages: Development and testing processes

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Hilton, Ann ^a   Skrutkowski, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural assessment; Instrument development; Instrument testing; Translation; Uncertainty Stress Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036154804     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200202000-00001     Document Type: Article

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