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9780415141703

Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415141703

  • ISBN10:

    0415141702

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1997-03-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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One of the fundamental aims of nursing is to safeguard or promote patients' "quality of life."Perspectives on Quality of Lifeexamines existing ways of defining the concept and argues that nurses need to adopt a fresh approach, which more accurately reflects patients' concerns and helps them to develop practical ways of promoting the well-being of people in their care. Part One provides an analysis of statistical approaches to quality of life, including social indicators, the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY), and the medical outcomes literature. Part Two proposes an alternative, qualitative approach to organizing care, which respects the patients' choice and individuality. Part three presents the findings of new research into the quality of life of older people in hospital wards.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
The concept of quality of life and its use in health researchp. 1
Introducing quality of lifep. 3
Social indicators of quality of lifep. 6
The quality adjusted life year (QALY)p. 19
Quality of life and medical researchp. 35
The social scientific approach to quality of life: positivism and its limitsp. 48
Quality of life and nursing practice: philosophy and methodsp. 55
The case for a nursing approach to quality of lifep. 57
Hermeneutics: a philosophical basis for the study of quality of lifep. 63
Quality of life: a nursing perspectivep. 91
Research decisionsp. 95
Being at home: the relationship of places and personal possessions to quality of lifep. 99
Being an individualp. 121
Organising care to promote quality of lifep. 144
Conclusion: quality of life and its contribution to nursing practicep. 166
Referencesp. 172
Indexp. 185
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