Philosophical perspectives on response shift

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1871-1878

  McClimans, Leah ^a   Bickenbach, Jerome ^b   Westerman, Marjan ^c   Carlson, Licia ^d   Wasserman, David ^e   Schwartz, Carolyn ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Methodology; Philosophy; PROMs; Quality of life; Response shift

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84884400397     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0300-x     Document Type: Article

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