246 Pages
by
Psychology Press
246 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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The rubric Quality of Life first came to the explicit attention of the medical profession a little over thirty years ago. Despite the undoubted fact that each one of us has his or her own Quality of Life, be it good or bad, there is still no general agreement about its definition, or the manner in which it should be evaluated. Although much has been written about quality of life, this work has... Read more
Part 1 Conceptual and Methodological Principles; Chapter 1 Introduction, C. R. B. Joyce, Ciaran A. O’Boyle, Hannah M. Mcgee; Chapter 2 Measuring the Quality of Life, Matti Häyry; Chapter 3 Cognitive Theories and Individual Quality of Life Assessment, Monika Bullinger; Chapter 4, Michael E. Hyland; Chapter 5 Methodological Issues in Individual Quality of Life Assessment, Per Bech; Chapter 6 Individualising Assessment in Intervention Studies, Stephen Senn; Part 2 Specific Approaches to Individual Quality of Life Assessment; Chapter 7 Interpretation of data from Health Status Measures, Crispin Jenkinson, Sue Ziebland; Chapter 8 Individualising Questionnaires, Yves Lacasse, Eric Wong, Gordon H. Guyatt; Chapter 9 The Patient Generated Index, Andrew M. Garratt, Danny A. Ruta; Chapter 10 The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life, Anne Hickey, Ciarán A. O’Boyle, Hannah M. McGee, C. R. B. Joyce; Chapter 11, Robert M. Kaplan, David Feeny, Dennis A. Revicki; Chapter 12 Selected Methods for Assessing Individual Quality of Life, John Browne; Part 3 Applications of Individual Quality of Life Assessment; Chapter 13 Individual Quality of Life and Population Studies, Ann Bowling; Chapter 14 Individual Quality of Life and Assessment by Carers or ‘Proxy’ Respondents, Robert F. Coen; Chapter 15 Individual Quality of Life In Palliative Care, Dympna Waldron, Ciaran A O’Boyle; Part 4 Future Directions; Chapter 16 Individual Quality of Life, C. R. B. Joyce, Hannah M. Mcgee, Ciaran A. O’Boyle;
Biography
Joyce, C R B; McGee, Hannah; O'Boyle, Ciaran
