Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales

Ann Bowling

ISBN 10: 0335215270 / ISBN 13: 9780335215270

Editore: Open University Press; 3 edition, 2004

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Titolo: Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of ...

Casa editrice: Open University Press; 3 edition

Data di pubblicazione: 2004

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

Edizione: terza edizione

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Reviews of previous editions:

“an excellent resource for anyone involved in health research and highly recommended”
Palliative Medicine

“a valuable source book for health services researchers, health care providers, and others interested in quantifying quality of life for clinical or research purposes”
The International Journal for Quality in Health Care

“includes accounts of a number of recently developed scales, while retaining the breadth, concision and clarity that marked the first edition”
Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy

Highly Commended: BMA Medical Book Competition 1998

This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive guide to measures of health and is an essential reference resource for all health professionals and students. Containing details of the use of most of the major measures of health and functioning, the new edition includes:

·A new chapter on measuring global quality of life
·Updated analysis of measures of subjective well-being
·A revised and up-to-date selection of useful addresses

Measuring Health is key reading for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates in health studies, health sciences, research methods and social sciences.

L'autore:

Ann Bowling is Professor of Health Services Research at University College London. She specialises in quality of life measurement, research on ageing and equity of access to health services, and is author of best selling books on research methods and measurement including Measuring Disease, Measuring Health, and A handbook of Health Research Methods jointly with professor Shah Ebrahim (all published by OpenUP).