Asking the right questions: Investigating needs assessments and health-related quality-of-life questionnaires for use in oncology clinical practice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1075-1085

  Snyder, Claire F ^a,b   Dy, Sydney M ^a,b   Hendricks, Danetta E ^b   Brahmer, Julie R ^a   Carducci, Michael A ^a   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical practice; Health related quality of life; Needs assessment; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548305101     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0223-1     Document Type: Article

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