Health-related quality of life following haematopoietic cell transplantation: Patient education, evaluation and intervention

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-385

  Pidala, Joseph ^a   Anasetti, Claudio ^a   Jim, Heather ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant module; Cancer; Quality of life; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 74049128727     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07992.x     Document Type: Review

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