Caregiver assessment of patients with advanced cancer: concordance with patients, effect of burden and positivity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clinicians and researchers often have to rely on information from caregivers to assess patients with advanced cancer. This study aims to assess the validity (using patients' assessment as the gold standard) of caregiver reports...

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Main Authors: Gao Wei, Higginson Irene J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/42