Showing papers on "Quality of life published in 1979"
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: In the authors' opinion, the following four criteria determine chiefly the quality of life after total gastrectomy: physical fitness, ability to work and to resume the preillness occupation, psychological trauma of the disease, and absence or only insignificant, easily tolerable existence of alimentary complaints and dysfunctions.
Abstract: In our opinion, the following four criteria determine chiefly the quality of life after total gastrectomy:
1)
Physical fitness.
2)
Capability to work and to resume the preillness occupation.
3)
Absence or only insignificant, easily tolerable existence of alimentary complaints and dysfunctions.
4)
Overcoming the psychological trauma of the disease.
15 citations
TL;DR: The quality of life is defined in terms of the patient with gynecologic cancer and possible methods of assessing the patient's individual feelings about the quality of her life are reviewed and suggestions made for incorporating these into plans of management at all stages of the disease.
11 citations