Measuring patient satisfaction in oncology palliative care: Psychometric properties of the FAMCARE-patient scale

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-752

  Lo, Christopher ^a   Burman, Debika ^a   Rodin, Gary ^a,b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; FAMCARE; Palliative care; Patient satisfaction; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650759439     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9494-y     Document Type: Article

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