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Assessment of satisfaction with cancer care: development, cross-cultural
psychometric analysis and application of a comprehensive instrument
Bredart, A.
Publication date
2001
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Bredart, A. (2001). Assessment of satisfaction with cancer care: development, cross-cultural
psychometric analysis and application of a comprehensive instrument.
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Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements s
Thiss work depends on the contribution and encouragement of many individuals. I am deeply appreciativee of all who made this work possible and would like to express them all my grateful thanks.
Too Professor Hanneke De Haes who assumed the academic responsibility of this thesis and who offeredd me scientific and emotional support in all this work process.
Too Professor Darius Razavi and Doctor Nicole Delvaux who introduced me to the field of psycho-oncologyy and planted the seed of knowledge about patient satisfaction assessment. They elicited this thesiss project and offered me helpful support throughout this endeavour.
Too Neil Aaronson, Ann Cull, Jane Blazeby, Andrew Bottomley and the EORTC quality of life groupp members who collaborate in this work by sharing their knowledge, experience and ideas with me. .
Too Doctor Alberto Costa who offered me to implement this research project at the EIO in Milan, thankss to grants from the American-Italian Cancer Foundation and from the EIO Oncology Foundation.. To Professor Aron Goldhirsch from the EIO Oncology Department and to Professor Jean-Yvess Petit from the EIO Breast Reconstructive Surgery Unit who allowed and supported the pursuit of thiss research.
Too Chris Robertson from the EIO Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department who performed majorr statistical analyses of this work. I am deeply indebted for his help.
Too my colleagues of the EIO Psycho-Oncology Research Unit, Florence Didier, Elena Scaffidi, Doraa Fonzo and Stefania Brignone, who participated in recruiting and motivating patients to participatee in this research.
Too my colleagues of the CAM in Brussels, Christine Fravacques and Serge Marchal, for their help inn the preliminary stage of this project.
Too Doctor Laure Copel from the Institut Curie, Unite mobile d'accompagnement, in Paris, to Professorr Simon Schraub from the Centre Paul Strauss, in Strasbourg, to Doctor Louise von Essen fromm the Department of Public health and Caring Sciences of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden andd to Professor Jerzy Meyza from the M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre in Warsaw, Poland,, who were responsible of patients' recruitment in France, Sweden and Poland.
Too all patients who participated to this work taking their time in filling in the questionnaires. Too Doctor Sylvie Dolbeault who allowed me to finalise this book and to my colleagues of the Institutt Curie Psycho-Oncology Unit, Sandrine Cayrou and Cécile Flahault for their support in the finall phase of this work.
Lastt but not least, to Philippe Autier, Anton and Gilles who were so patient and supportive throughoutt this challenging enterprise.
II would be very pleased that this book pay tribute to all persons who contributed to the realisation off this work.
