The problem of quality of life in medicine

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Leplège, Alain ^a   Hunt, Sonia ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842376852     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.1.47     Document Type: Article

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