title: What's important for quality of life to Indians--in relation to cancer.
abstract: Fifty subjects were interviewed to determine the items or issues which they considered as reflecting quality of life and how important these items were in the event of a serious illness. Peace of mind, spiritual satisfaction and social satisfaction were considered to be very important by nearly 2/3 of the subjects. Individual's functioning and level of physical and psychological health were given much less significance. Level of satisfaction was valued much higher than the level of functioning.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life