Physicians' knowledge of health-related quality of life and perception of its importance in daily clinical practice

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bossola, Maurizio ^a   Murri, Rita ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a   Turriziani, Adriana ^a   Fantoni, Massimo ^a   Padua, Luca ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHOLICISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME;

EID: 77952982768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-43     Document Type: Article

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