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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on July 15, 2008
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(9):997-998; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsn072
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Commentary on Evidence-based assessment of health-related quality of life and functional impairment in pediatric psychology

Christine Eiser, PhD

University of Sheffield

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Christine Eiser, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TP, UK. E-mail: c.eiser@Sheffield.ac.uk

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Increases in survival rates of once life-threatening conditions (e.g., childhood cancer), coupled with awareness of the potentially iatrogenic nature of modern medicine has led to increasing calls to consider the child's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in addition to length of survival. To meet this need, a number of patient-reported outcomes have been reported. The recent burgeoning of such measures creates . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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