Advances in Measuring Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Cancer Care

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-11

  Ferrans, Carol Estwing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

cancer; instruments; measurement tools; outcomes assessment; outcomes measures in health care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75749099331     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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