Evaluation of quality-of-life measures for use in palliative care: A systematic review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-37

  Albers, Gwenda ^a   Echteld, Michael A ^a   De Vet, Henrica Cw ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Van Der Linden, Mecheline Hm ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

End of life; Instruments; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHECKLIST; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 75149156517     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309346593     Document Type: Article

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