title: Review of the concept of quality of life assessment and discussion of the present trend in clinical research.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia della Assistenza Sanitaria, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Apolone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mosconi
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires