Some literature about Quality of Life (QoL) measurement

The following literature reference is a part of my doctoralthesis. It contains material about the concept of quality of life, aboutquestionnaires available for quality of life measurement, about studiesand special results, and about the use of the Quality-of-Life-Recorder(Ref. 48 - 50, hyperlinks are in the list).

Additional literature is listed in the respective section of my CV and in the multimedia documents page.

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• Ref. 2 Aaronson NK, Bjordal K, Fayers P, Sullivan M on behalf of theEORTC Study Group on Quality of Life: EORTC QLQ-C30 Scoring Manual - Draft,23. April 1995
• Ref. 3 Aaronson NK, Cull A, Kaasa S, Sprangers MAG. The EORTC modularapproach to quality of life assessment in oncology. Int J Mental Hlth (inpress)
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