Transition outcomes through the lens of quality of life: Proposing a consolidated frameworkFootnote^†

† This manuscript was originally accepted under the Editorship of Michael Arthur-Kelly and subsequently referred and accepted under the Guest Editorship of Roy Brown for the special issue on quality of life.

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