Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales - Brossura

Bowling, Ann

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0335154352 ISBN 13: 9780335154357

Casa editrice: Open Univ Pr, 1991

Riassunto

Increasing attention is being paid to the consequences of health and ill-health and to the outcomes of health care provision. Indices of health status in current usage focus on ill-health and are based on negative conceptualizations of health (e.g. mortality and morbidity rates, the self-reporting of symptoms, illness and functional ability). More attention is now being given to the development of positive measures of health, a term which encompasses concepts of 'social health', 'social well-being' and 'quality of life'. This volume reviews a wide range of popular measures of functional disability and health status, as well as broader measures of health such as those concerned with psychological well-being (e.g. anxiety and depression), emotional well-being (e.g. life satisfaction, morale and happiness), and social networks, support and loneliness. The book will be an essential source book for social scientists and all health care professionals involved in the measurement of 'health'.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ann Bowling is Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research jointly in the Department of Public Health, City and Hackney Health Authority and Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Open Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0335154352
• ISBN 13: 9780335154357
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile