title: Quality of life following liver transplantation.
abstract: This article reviews a program of research using a newly developed questionnaire, the Quality of Life Inventory, to describe the effects of liver transplantation. Although recovery does not return to premorbid level, liver transplantation is effective in reversing cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical capacity disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tarter
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires