Outcome and quality of life in medicine: A conceptual framework to put quality of life research into practice

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-192

  Koller, Michael ^a   Klinkhammer Schalke, Monika ^b   Lorenz, Wilfried ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Integrated outcome model; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19344365699     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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