Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990sS.R. Walker, Rachel M. Rosser Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 487 pages It was over five years ago that the Centre for Medicines Research organized a workshop entitled "Quality of Life: Assessment and Application". This workshop brought together a unique group of participants, some of whom had been involved in studies on quality of life for well over a decade, whilst others were meeting the subject for the first time. This blend of experienced researchers and enthusiastic newcomers was a great stimulus to the discus sions which followed individual presentations as well as that resulting from the study groups. In the ensuing publication, a balance was sought between a consideration of the complex principles underlying the assessment of quality of life and the application of such assessments to specific clinical conditions which necessitated this approach. The organization in 1991 of a second workshop entitled "Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s" resulted in a further consideration of the quality of life philosophy, concepts and key instruments together with an update on assessing quality of life in a number of major disease areas. Of particular importance was an examination of various viewpoints concerned with ethical questions and their implications, and quality oflife from industry, regulatory and health care purchasers' perspectives. As a result of this second workshop, the editors of the original book referred to above decided to produce a second edition with a number of updates and additional chapters. |
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... measure the cardiovascular morbidity which follows . from inadequate blood ... health status information which would not otherwise be documented . Use of ... health - care decisions which are not isolated choices for individuals , but ...
... measure the cardiovascular morbidity which follows . from inadequate blood ... health status information which would not otherwise be documented . Use of ... health - care decisions which are not isolated choices for individuals , but ...
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... measures in this volume seem confusing to doctors , it may be because the usual medical approach to measurement theory is too naïve . Which are more useful : disease - specific measures or overall measures of health ? It depends on the ...
... measures in this volume seem confusing to doctors , it may be because the usual medical approach to measurement theory is too naïve . Which are more useful : disease - specific measures or overall measures of health ? It depends on the ...
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... measure of overall health , then one might assume that the net of the therapeutic and toxic effects was favourable . And if therapies for other forms of disease were evaluated with the same measure of overall health , one could ...
... measure of overall health , then one might assume that the net of the therapeutic and toxic effects was favourable . And if therapies for other forms of disease were evaluated with the same measure of overall health , one could ...
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... health status in clinical decision - making : ( 1 ) discriminating among persons at a single point in time , similar to psychological measures of traits such as intelligence and personality ; ( 2 ) predicting some future outcome or the ...
... health status in clinical decision - making : ( 1 ) discriminating among persons at a single point in time , similar to psychological measures of traits such as intelligence and personality ; ( 2 ) predicting some future outcome or the ...
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... measures of health - related quality of life : ( i ) level of symptoms and disability ( well versus ill ) ; ( ii ) age ( younger versus older ) ; ( iii ) level of cognitive ability ( able to provide reasonably accurate information ...
... measures of health - related quality of life : ( i ) level of symptoms and disability ( well versus ill ) ; ( ii ) age ( younger versus older ) ; ( iii ) level of cognitive ability ( able to provide reasonably accurate information ...
Contents
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rationale for a single | 65 |
Development testing and use of the Sickness Impact | 95 |
The Nottingham Health Profile | 111 |
an update | 131 |
A health index and output measure | 151 |
A fifteendimensional measure of healthrelated quality | 185 |
The EuroQol quality of life project | 197 |
Measurement of healthrelated quality of life in asthma | 301 |
Measuring quality of life in hypertension | 321 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with angina | 333 |
Measuring quality of life in psychiatry | 343 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with skin disease | 355 |
Ethical questions and their implication for QOL studies | 373 |
Industry perspectives on quality of life | 383 |
A regulatory view | 393 |
Indices versus profiles advantages and disadvantages | 209 |
The OnLine Guide to QualityofLife Assessment | 221 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with cancer | 235 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with rheumatoid | 269 |
Measuring the quality of life of patients with Parkinsons | 289 |
The cost effectiveness of pharmaceuticals | 401 |
Requirements for health care purchasers | 413 |
The importance of quality of life in policy decisions | 427 |
Appendices | 441 |
Other editions - View all
Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s S R Walker,Rachel M Rosser No preview available - 1992 |
Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s S.R. Walker,Rachel M. Rosser No preview available - 2012 |
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