A decision support system for quality of life in head and neck oncology patients

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gonçalves, Joaquim J ^a,b   Rocha, Álvaro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Decision Support Systems; Health Related Quality of Life; Heath and Neck Oncologic Patients; Knowledge Management Systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SELF ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84872269489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-3284-4-3     Document Type: Article

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