Putting the Q into quality of life; the identification of subjective constructions of health-related quality of life using Q methodology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2161-2172

  Stenner, Paul H D ^a   Cooper, Deborah ^c   Skevington, Suzanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Health; Q methodology; Qualitative; Quality of life; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141793852     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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