Quality

Its Definition and Measurement As Applied to the Medically Ill

AvIvan Barofsky

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-01
Mått:210 x 279 x 31 mm
Vikt:1 498 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441998187

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Ivan Barofsky is a former President of the International Society of Quality of Research. He is a retired Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

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.