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Review
. 2002 Oct;95(10):481-8.
doi: 10.1177/014107680209501002.

Quality of life: a deconstruction for clinicians

Michael Koller  1 , Wilfried Lorenz
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Review

Quality of life: a deconstruction for clinicians

Michael Koller et al. J R Soc Med. 2002 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
The three component outcome model
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Figure 2
Quality-of-life profiles of two patients
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Figure 3
Global quality of life (QL) of patients A and B before and after an operation. AUC=Area under the curve
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