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Cancer, AIDS, and quality of life / edited by Jay A. Levy, Claude Jasmin, and Gabriel Bez.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Plenum Press, c1997.Description: xiii, 198 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 030645517X
  • 9780306455179
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QZ 33  C215 1997
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Contents:
Contents 1. Problems in Defining Quality of Life 2. How Does Basic Research in Cancer and AIDS Approach the Concern for Quality of Life? 3. The Evolution of Quality of Life 4. Quality of Care for Cancer and AIDS 5. Changing Our Metaphors to Put Quality of Life at the Center of Health Care 6. Uses of Information about Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with AIDS and Cancer 7. Improving the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients 8. How Does the Cost of Care Influence the Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery? 9. Future Issues in the Use of Health Status Assessment Measures in Clinical Settings 10. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life 11. Quality of Life: The Experience of an Oncology Unit Functioning in a Rural Greek Area 12. Advocacy for Patients with Cancer Quality of Life Implications 13. Risk as Diagnosis: Implications for the Quality of Life 14. Quality of Life as a Major Determinant of Medical Decision-Making 15. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life 16. Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life 17. Anguish and Suffering in the Face of the Hospital Organizational Pattern 18. Living Well in the Shadow of Death 19. Quality of Life: Cultural, Socio-Economic, and Geographic Perspectives 20. Quality of Life: Socio-Economic, Geographic, and Cultural Factors 21. Quality of Life: An Unsuitable Case for Measurement? 22. Quality of Life: Geographic and Cultural Differences 23. Cancer and Quality of Life: Social and Community Stakes 24. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Developing Countries: The Dilemma of Quality of Life vs Quality of Care 25. Quality of Life: Some Implications of the Advances in Human Genome Research 26. Quality of Life in Cancer and AIDS: An Industry Perspective 27. Quality of Life, Value, and Price in Medicines to Treat Serious Disease Conclusion.
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Contents

1. Problems in Defining Quality of Life
2. How Does Basic Research in Cancer and AIDS Approach the Concern for Quality of Life?
3. The Evolution of Quality of Life
4. Quality of Care for Cancer and AIDS
5. Changing Our Metaphors to Put Quality of Life at the Center of Health Care
6. Uses of Information about Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with AIDS and Cancer
7. Improving the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
8. How Does the Cost of Care Influence the Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery?
9. Future Issues in the Use of Health Status Assessment Measures in Clinical Settings
10. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life
11. Quality of Life: The Experience of an Oncology Unit Functioning in a Rural Greek Area
12. Advocacy for Patients with Cancer Quality of Life Implications
13. Risk as Diagnosis: Implications for the Quality of Life
14. Quality of Life as a Major Determinant of Medical Decision-Making
15. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life
16. Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life
17. Anguish and Suffering in the Face of the Hospital Organizational Pattern
18. Living Well in the Shadow of Death
19. Quality of Life: Cultural, Socio-Economic, and Geographic Perspectives
20. Quality of Life: Socio-Economic, Geographic, and Cultural Factors
21. Quality of Life: An Unsuitable Case for Measurement?
22. Quality of Life: Geographic and Cultural Differences
23. Cancer and Quality of Life: Social and Community Stakes
24. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Developing Countries: The Dilemma of Quality of Life vs Quality of Care
25. Quality of Life: Some Implications of the Advances in Human Genome Research
26. Quality of Life in Cancer and AIDS: An Industry Perspective
27. Quality of Life, Value, and Price in Medicines to Treat Serious Disease
Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Problems in Defining Quality of Life
2. How Does Basic Research in Cancer and AIDS Approach the Concern for Quality of Life?
3. The Evolution of Quality of Life
4. Quality of Care for Cancer and AIDS
5. Changing Our Metaphors to Put Quality of Life at the Center of Health Care
6. Uses of Information about Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with AIDS and Cancer
7. Improving the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
8. How Does the Cost of Care Influence the Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery?
9. Future Issues in the Use of Health Status Assessment Measures in Clinical Settings
10. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life
11. Quality of Life: The Experience of an Oncology Unit Functioning in a Rural Greek Area
12. Advocacy for Patients with Cancer Quality of Life Implications
13. Risk as Diagnosis: Implications for the Quality of Life
14. Quality of Life as a Major Determinant of Medical Decision-Making
15. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life
16. Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life
17. Anguish and Suffering in the Face of the Hospital Organizational Pattern
18. Living Well in the Shadow of Death
19. Quality of Life: Cultural, Socio-Economic, and Geographic Perspectives
20. Quality of Life: Socio-Economic, Geographic, and Cultural Factors
21. Quality of Life: An Unsuitable Case for Measurement?
22. Quality of Life: Geographic and Cultural Differences
23. Cancer and Quality of Life: Social and Community Stakes
24. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Developing Countries: The Dilemma of Quality of Life vs Quality of Care
25. Quality of Life: Some Implications of the Advances in Human Genome Research
26. Quality of Life in Cancer and AIDS: An Industry Perspective
27. Quality of Life, Value, and Price in Medicines to Treat Serious Disease
Conclusion.

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