Interest in the study of psychological health and well-being has increased significantly in
recent decades. A variety of conceptualizations of psychological health have been proposed …

Quality of life measures are increasingly used to supplement objective clinical or biological
measures of disease to assess the quality of service, the need for health care, the …

Abstract Background: In 1986, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of
Cancer (EORTC) initiated a research program to develop an integrated, modular approach …

PURPOSE We developed and validated a brief, yet sensitive, 33-item general cancer quality-
of-life (QL) measure for evaluating patients receiving cancer treatment, called the Functional …

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Patients confronted with a life-threatening or chronic disease are faced with the necessity to
accommodate to their illness. An important mediator of this adaptation process isresponse …

Abstract The Memorial Syptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) is a new patient-rated instrument
that was developed to provide multidimensional information about a diverse group of …

ContextQuality end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation of health
care providers, both clinicians and organizations. However, this concept has not been …

After years of second-class status, supportive care is increasingly being recognized for its
importance. Included in this recognition is a concern for making more explicit the long-held …

In 1991, the World Health Organization initiated a project to simultaneously develop a
quality of life (QOL) instrument in 15 countries: The World Health Organization Quality of Life …