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Thursday 21 November 2013

PRO Newsletter

The Autumn 2013 issue of the PRO Newsletter has been published.  It has an interesting editorial by
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Professor Donald L. Patrick reflecting on the shift from ‘health related quality of life’ to ‘patient related outcomes’ and the current change toward ‘patient centred outcomes’.  More than just a change in fashion, he sees this as a fundamental change in the way that measures need to be constructed.

Also in this issue are papers on several instruments, including PedsQL, the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-DIS.  There are also lots of other news items from the PRO community (or should that be PCO community?)