Quality of Life (QOL) assessment among advance cancer patient undergoing palliative treatment in Malaysia: A social work perspective

• Main Authors: Wanda Kiyah George Albert, Adi Fahrudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Horizon Research Publishing 2017
• Subjects: HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief; R726.5-726.8 Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/1/Quality%20of%20Life%20%28QOL%29%20assessment%20among%20advance%20cancer%20patient%20undergoing%20palliative%20treatment%20in%20Malaysia_%20A%20social%20work%20perspective.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/2/Quality%20of%20Life%20%28QOL%29%20assessment%20among%20advance%20cancer%20patient%20undergoing%20palliative%20treatment%20in%20Malaysia_%20A%20social%20work%20perspective%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33453/; https://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=6183; https://doi.org/10.13189/ijrh.2017.050301

Palliative treatment is the best treatment for advanced cancer patients improve their quality of life (QOL). There is a lack of local data on the patients' QOL among cancer patient receiving palliative treatment in a university medical center in Malaysia. This study aims to describe QOL among p...