Can quality of life be measured? How important is it?;¿Se puede medir la calidad de vida? ¿Cuál es su importancia?

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Monés Xiol, Joan ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generic and specific questionnaires on quality of life; Quality of life; Symptom evaluation questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649437825     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(04)72363-5     Document Type: Article

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