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. 2001 May 26;322(7297):1297-300.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1297.

Measuring quality of life: Using quality of life measures in the clinical setting

I J Higginson  1 , A J Carr
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Measuring quality of life: Using quality of life measures in the clinical setting

I J Higginson et al. BMJ. .
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Quality of life measures will never capture all aspects of life that are important to an individual
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