What are we trying to measure? Rethinking approaches to health outcome assessment for the older person with cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 416-423

  Fitzsimmons, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER THERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11444254193     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00548.x     Document Type: Review

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