Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care
Questions concerning the notion of quality of life, its definition, and its ap plications for purposes of assessment and measurement in social and medical contexts, have been widely discussed in Scandinavia during the last ten years. To a great extent this discussion mirrors the international devel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: | Philosophy and Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section I / The Concept of Quality of Life
- Aristotle on the Good Life and Quality of Life
- Towards a Theory of Happiness: A Subjectivist Notion of Quality of Life
- Happiness, Life and Quality of Life: A Commentary on Nordenfelt’s ‘Towards a Theory of Happiness’
- On Need and Quality of Life
- Needs, Rights and Resources in Quality of Life Research
- Does Self-Deception Enhance the Quality of Life?
- Section II / Quality of Life in the Health Care Context: Analytical and Ethical Issues
- Quality of Life: Why Now? A Sociological View
- Reflections on the Notion of ‘Quality of Life’
- Changing Preferences: Conceptual Problems in Comparing Health-Related Quality of Life
- Quality of Life and Handicapped People
- Section III / Measuring Quality of Life in Health Care
- The Plausibility of Quality-of-Life Measures in Different Domains of Health Care
- Analyzing Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life
- On General and Need-Related Quality of Life: A Psychological Theory for Use in Medical Rehabilitation and Psychiatry
- A Psychiatric and Interactional Perspective on Quality of Life
- Notes on Contributors