European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 2967-2976 , November 2009

QUOTEchemo: A patient-centred instrument to measure quality of communication preceding chemotherapy treatment through the patient’s eyes

  • Julia C.M. van Weert

      Affiliations

    • Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +31 20 5252091; fax: +31 20 5253681.
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  • Jesse Jansen

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • School of Public Health, Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED), University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), NSW 2006, Australia
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  • Gert-Jan de Bruijn

      Affiliations

    • Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Janneke Noordman

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Sandra van Dulmen

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jozien M. Bensing

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Received 11 March 2009 ,Revised 30 May 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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PII: S0959-8049(09)00430-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.06.001

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 2967-2976 , November 2009

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