What's wrong with quality-of-life measures? A philosophical reflection and insights from neuroimaging

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 767-769

  Boyer, Laurent ^a   Baumstarck, Karine ^a   Guedj, Eric ^a,b   Auquier, Pascal ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Disease; Emotion; Functioning; Health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; WELLBEING; BIOASSAY; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84909978125     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.2014.950236     Document Type: Review

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