Quality of life for cancer patients

N. K. Aaronson; J Beckmann; Jan Louis Bernheim; R Zittoun

doi:10.1097/01.numa.0000411902.89346.ce

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Quality of life (healthcare)CancerQuality (philosophy)MedicineBusinessNursingInternal medicine

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 43
Issue: 2
Pages: 25-26
Citations: 224
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                                    N. K. Aaronson, 
                                
                                    J Beckmann, 
                                
                                    Jan Louis Bernheim
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Quality of life for cancer patients. 
                            Nursing Management
                            , 43
                            (2)
                            , 25-26.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/01.numa.0000411902.89346.ce
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/01.numa.0000411902.89346.ce