Clinical assessment of symptom-focused health-related quality of life in HIV/AIDS

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-81

  Webb, Adele ^a   Norton, Michael ^b  

^a Association of Nurses in AIDS Care   (United States)

^b Boriken Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Health related quality of life; HIV

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 2142752379     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-3290(05)60051-9     Document Type: Article

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