Open AccessReporting of "Quality of life": A systematic review and quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative care journals
Author(s) -
Senthil P Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.97475
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , systematic review , family medicine , descriptive statistics , quality of life (healthcare) , medline , nursing , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Palliative care clinical practice depends upon an evidence-based decision-making process which in turn is based upon current research evidence. One of the most important goals in clinical palliative care is to improve patients' quality of life (QoL).