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Quality of life in advanced cancer: the benefits of asking the patient

Midge Fowlie

Roxburghe House

John Berkeley

Roxburghe House

Ianthe Dingwall-Fordyce

Department of Community Medicine, Aberdeen

Following a review of the literature on quality of life indicators a comparative study of patients in a continuing care unit and a general medical ward showed that patients' needs and concerns are highly individualistic. The MacAdam assessment of suffering was found to be a useful diagnostic and therapeutic tool, particularly in the areas relating to a patient's mood or spirits.

Key Words: communication • neoplasms • palliative treatment • quality of life

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 1, 55-59 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/026921638900300109
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