Health Related Quality of Life in burn patients - A review of the literature

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 788-796

  Stavrou, Demetris ^a,b   Weissman, Oren ^a   Tessone, Ariel ^a   Zilinsky, Isaac ^a   Holloway, Samantha ^c   Boyd, Julie ^c   Haik, Josef ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Health Related Quality of Life; Plastic surgery; Scars

Indexed keywords

BURN; BURN PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; BURNS; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

BURNS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84902546982     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.11.014     Document Type: Review

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