Quality Its Definition and Measurement As Applied to the Medically Ill /
Quality, as exemplified by Quality-of-life (QoL) assessment, is frequently discussed among health care professionals and often invoked as a goal for improvement, but somehow rarely defined, even as it is regularly assessed. It is understood that some medical patients have a better QoL than others, b...
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| Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Part I: Defining and Assessing Quality and Quality of Life
- The Difficulty of Assessing Quality or Quality of Life
- The Role of Language in Assessing Quality or Quality of Life
- The Role of Cognition in Assessing Quality or Quality of Life
- Part II: How to Assess Quality or Quality of Life
- The Role of Objectivity or Subjectivity
- The Role of Signs or Symptoms
- Summary Measurement: The Role of Categories or Domains
- Part III: What Content Should Be Included in a HRQOL Assessment?
- Should Symptoms Be Included in a HRQOL Assessment?
- Should Health Status Indicators Be Included in a HRQOL Assessment?
- Should Functional Status Indicators Be Included in a HRQOL Assessment?
- Should Neurocognitive Indicators Be Included in a HRQOL Assessment?
- Part IV: How Can Quality Be Evaluated?
- Can Well-Being Act as an Evaluator of Quality or Quality of Life?
- Can "Living the Good Life" (the Eudaimonic Model) Act as an Evaluator of Quality or Quality of Life?
- What Role Do Reflective Judgments (E.g. Values, Preferences, and Utility Estimates) Play in Evaluating Quality or Quality of Life?
- Part V: The Measurement of Quality, Quality of Life or HRQOL
- Qualitative Approaches to Quality or Quality of Life Assessment
- Quantitative Approaches to Quality of Life or HRQOL Assessment
- Part VI: Summary
- Glossary.
