Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life

Name: Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life
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ISBN: 9780415141697

ISBN-10: 0415141699

ISBN-13: 9780415141697

Edition: 1997

Authors: Peter Draper

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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…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/1/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Peter Draper teaches in the Department of History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London.



List of tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The concept of quality of life and its use in health research



Introducing quality of life



Social indicators of quality of life



The quality adjusted life year (QALY)



Quality of life and medical research



The social scientific approach to quality of life: positivism and its limits



Quality of life and nursing practice: philosophy and methods



The case for a nursing approach to quality of life



Hermeneutics: a philosophical basis for the study of quality of life



Quality of life: a nursing perspective



Research decisions



Being at home: the relationship of places and personal possessions to quality of life



Being an individual



Organising care to promote quality of life



Conclusion: quality of life and its contribution to nursing practice


References


Index