Comments on "The quality of life: Design and evaluation of a self-assessment instrument for use with cancer patients"

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 521-523

  Evers, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NOTE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037962200     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00067-1     Document Type: Note

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