Quality of Life Assessment: International Perspectives Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting Organized by the World Health Organization and the Fondation IPSEN in Paris, July 2 – 3, 1993

Quality of Life Assessment: International Perspectives Proceedings of the Joint-Meeting Organized by the World Health Organization and the Fondation IPSEN in Paris, July 2 – 3, 1993 / edited by John Orley, Willem Kuyken.

Considerable data and expertise have accumulated in the assessment of quality of life, but to date this assessment has largely been restricted to the devel- ment of instruments that are used only in the setting in which they were dev- oped. The chapters of this book, taken together, apply this exper...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Orley, John (Editor), Kuyken, Willem (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:1st ed. 1994.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Development of Cross-Cultural Quality of Life Assessment Instruments
  • Translation of Health Status Instruments
  • Cross-Cultural Validation of Quality of Life Measures
  • Ensuring International Equivalence of Quality of Life Measures: Problems and Approaches to Solutions
  • The Development of the WHO Quality of Life Assessment Instrument (The WHOQOL)
  • Perspectives on Quality of Life
  • The Relationship Between Health Economics and Health-Related Quality of Life
  • The PCASEE Model: An Approach to Subjective Well-Being
  • Quality of Life Assessment in Cancer
  • Quality of Life Assessment in SWOG Cancer Clinical Trials: Translating and Validating a Spanish Questionnaire
  • Quality of Life Assessment in Cancer Patients in India: Cross-Cultural Issues
  • Measuring the Quality of Life in Breast Cancer
  • Quality of Life Assessment in Specific Populations
  • The Experiences and Quality of Life of Informal Caregivers
  • Quality of Life Assessment in Arthritis
  • The Assessment of Quality of Life in Refugees
  • Quality of Life in Hypertensives and Normotensives in Israel: Introducing a Self-Structured Subjective Measure
  • Subjective Quality of Life Assessment in Therapeutic Trials: Presentation of a New Instrument in France (SQLP: Subjective Quality for Life Profile) and First Results.

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