Measurement of quality of life in men with prostate cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Albaugh, Jeffrey ^a   Hacker, Eileen Danaher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 42949154361     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.CJON.81-86     Document Type: Article

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