Quality of Life
1. Edition November 2002
142 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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 focusses 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.
Is quality of life determined by expectations or
experience?.
Are quality of life measures patient centred?.
Quality of life in caregivers.
Assessing quality of life in children.
Who should measure quality of life?.
The clinical utility of quality of life measures.
Measuring the impact of assistive technologies on quality of
life:can rehab profs rise to challenge?.
How to choose a quality of life measure.
Longitudinal analysis of quality of life data.
Is there such a thing as a life not worth living?.
Glossary.
Index
Irene Higginson is the editor of Quality of Life, published by Wiley.
Peter Robinson is the editor of Quality of Life, published by Wiley.
