## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Optimal patient decision making requires integration of patient values, goals, and preferences with information received from the physician. In the case of a lifeβthreatening illness such as cancer, the weights placed on quality of life (QOL) and length of life (LOL) rep
Quality of life and the patient with cancer. Individual and policy implications
β Scribed by Patricia A. Ganz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 757 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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