Quality of life in fatal disease: The flawed judgement of the social environment

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2836-2843

  Lulé, Dorothée ^a,b   Ehlich, Benedikt ^a   Lang, Dirk ^a   Sorg, Sonja ^a   Heimrath, Johanna ^a   Kübler, Andrea ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^b,d   Ludolph, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Caregiver; Decisions; Depression; Fatal; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889591765     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7068-y     Document Type: Article

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