Proxy assessment of quality of life in patients with prostate cancer: How accurate are partners and urologists?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Pearcy, Richard ^a   Waldron, D ^b   O'Boyle, C ^c   MacDonagh, R ^d,e  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FINANCE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 42449121001     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.081002     Document Type: Article

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