Whose quality of life? A commentary exploring discrepancies between health state evaluations of patients and the general public
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Quality of Life Research
- Vol. 12 (6) , 599-607
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1025119931010
Abstract
There is often a discrepancy between quality of life estimates from patients and the general public. These discrepancies are of concern to the disability community, who worry that the public does not...Keywords
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