Does knowledge of cancer diagnosis affect quality of life? A methodological challenge

BMC Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Montazeri, Ali ^a,b   Hole, David J ^b   Milroy, Robert ^c   McEwen, James ^b   Gillis, Charles R ^b  

^a Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3042838580     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-4-21     Document Type: Article

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