Selecting a Measure of Health Related Quality of Life
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Selecting a measure of health-related quality of life
Quality of life is becoming recognized increasingly as an important outcome measure which needs to be considered by social workers. However, there does not appear to be a clear consensus about the definition of quality of life. In addition, social workers are likely to experience difficulties choosing and applying an appropriate instrument with which to measure quality of life because of the ma...
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Quality of life is becoming recognized increasingly as an important outcome measure which needs to be considered by social workers. However, there does not appear to be a clear consensus about the definition of quality of life. In addition, social workers are likely to experience difficulties choosing and applying an appropriate instrument with which to measure quality of life because of the ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Work in Health Care
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0098-1389,1541-034X
DOI: 10.1300/j010v32n01_04