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Title

Quality of life / edited by Alison J. Carr, Irene J. Higginson, Peter G. Robinson.

Publication

London : BMJ Books, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Carr, Alison, PhD
• Higginson, Irene.
• Robinson, Peter G.

Description

vii, 133 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

The way we think about health and health care is changing. Two factors driving this change are that we recognise the importance of the social consequences of disease and secondly, we acknowledge that health care aims to increase both the quantity and quality of survival. For these reasons, health care focuses more and more on 'quality of life'. Measuring quality of life brings many challenges. What do we mean by 'quality of life'? Who should measure it? How can we measure it? What can we use the information for? This book provides an accessible but up to date and authoritative overview of the measurement of quality of life in health care. It brings together the work of authors from Medicine, Palliative Care, Nursing, Ethics, Dentistry, Assistive Technology, Sociology, Epidemiology and Statistics.

Subject

• Quality of life
• Quality of life > Evaluation
• Outcome assessment (Medical care)
• Health Status Indicators
• Outcome Assessment, Health Care
• Quality of Life
• quality of life
• Quality of life
• Quality of life > Evaluation
• Kwaliteit van het bestaan
• Meetinstrumenten

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Current state of the art in quality of life measurement / Ann Bowling -- 2. Is quality of life determined by expectations or experience? / Alison J. Carr, Barry Gibson and Peter G. Robinson -- 3. Are quality of life measures patient-centred? / Alison J. Carr and Irene J. Higginson -- 4. Quality of life in caregivers / David Sulch and Lalit Kalra -- 5. Assessing quality of life in children / Kelly A. Vincent and Irene J. Higginson -- 6. Who should measure quality of life? / Julia Addington-Hall and Lalit Kalra -- 7. The clinical utility of quality of life measures / Irene J. Higginson and Alison J. Carr -- 8. Measuring the impact of assistive technologies on quality of life: can rehabilitation professionals rise to the challenge? / Jane K. Seale and Alan R. Turner-Smith -- 9. How to choose a quality of life measure / Peter G. Robinson, Alison J. Carr and Irene J. Higginson -- 10. Longitudinal analysis of quality of life data / Peter G. Robinson and Nora Donaldson -- 11. Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? / Bobbie Farsides and Robert J. Dunlop.

ISBN

• 9780727915443
• 0727915444

OCLC

• ocm50747268
• 50747268
• SCSB-1285111

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library