Health-related quality of life: Implications for critical care interventional studies and why we need to collaborate with patients

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 510-514

  Ramsay, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical care; health related quality of life; patient centred

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80052763962     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834a4bd4     Document Type: Review

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