Quality of life in terminally ill patients - A challenge for future research

Public Health Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 5.e1-5.e3

  Meffert, Cornelia ^a   Becker, Gerhild ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

clinical studies; palliative medicine; quality of life research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DYING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 84883807019     PISSN: 09445587     EISSN: 18764851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phf.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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