Quality of life from a patient's perspective: Can we believe the patient?

Current Problems in Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 326-331

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EVALUATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 28444489747     PISSN: 01470272     EISSN: 15356345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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