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‘Just give me the best quality of life questionnaire’: the Karnofsky scale and the history of quality of life measurements in cancer trials

OBJECTIVES: To use the history of the Karnofsky Performance Scale as a case study illustrating the emergence of interest in the measurement and standardisation of quality of life; to understand the origins of current-day practices. METHODS: Articles referring to the Karnofsky scale and quality of li...

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Autor principal: Timmermann, Carsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23239756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742395312466903