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Treatment Outcomes and Quality of Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Stephen R. Ebbs ,
Lesley J. Fallowfield ,
Simon C. A. Fraser  and
Michael Baum
Stephen R. Ebbs
Affiliation:
King' College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rayne Institute
Lesley J. Fallowfield
Affiliation:
King' College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rayne Institute
Simon C. A. Fraser
Affiliation:
King' College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rayne Institute
Michael Baum
Affiliation:
King' College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rayne Institute
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Physicians through the ages have practiced their trade with more or less regard to the effects of their treatment on their patients' sense of well-being, if not as much as on the disease itself.

Until recently, however, little attempt has been made to measure the effect of disease upon quality of life and how this quality is or is not improved by the treatment. Several means have now evolved and in areas of medicine where the treatment may profoundly affect the patient's sense of well-being, effort is being made to gauge these consequences.

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Special Section: Technology Assessment and Surgical Policy
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 391 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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