Can individual patients assess differences in quality of life between groups of patients?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-238

  Cocks, K ^a,b   Velikova, G ^c   King, M T ^d   Fayers, P M ^e,f   Brown, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Consensus; Meaningful difference; Patient opinion; Qualitative interviews; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84894800906     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12113     Document Type: Article

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