Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 235-244 , November 2010

Development and implementation of a patient reported outcome intervention (QLIC-ON PROfile) in clinical paediatric oncology practice

  • Vivian Engelen

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 0 20 5668225; fax: +31 0 20 6091242.
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  • Lotte Haverman

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Hendrik Koopman

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University Medical Centre, Medical Psychology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Netteke Schouten - van Meeteren

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Oncology Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Esther Meijer - van den Bergh

      Affiliations

    • Radboud University Medical Centre, Medical Psychology, Paediatric Oncology Department, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Jantien Vrijmoet-Wiersma

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University Medical Centre, Medical Psychology, Paediatric Oncology Department, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Elisabeth Maria van Dijk

      Affiliations

    • VU University Medical Center, Medical Psychology, Paediatric Oncology Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Bob Last

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Symone Detmar

      Affiliations

    • TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Martha Grootenhuis

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children's Hospital, Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.003

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