This volume brings together a number of scholarly studies on the definition, assessment and measurement of human quality of life. The book contains fundamental

This book reviews current methodology for assessing the health status of patients -- their 'quality of life' -- and shows how this methodology can be applied to

Questions concerning the notion of quality of life, its definition, and its ap plications for purposes of assessment and measurement in social and medical conte

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Quality Measures for the Healthy People Leading Health Indicators was charged by the Office of the Assistant Secret

As more people live longer, the need for quality long-term care for the elderly will increase dramatically. This volume examines the current system of nursing h