| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface to the paperback edition; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; COMMODITIES, CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMODITIES, CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE, UTILITIES, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE; THE QUALITY OF LIFE: STARTING FROM ARISTOTLE; THE QUALITY OF LIFE: A CONTRAST BETWEEN UTILITARIAN AND EXISTENTIALIST APPROACHES; INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE QALYs?; ISSUES IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DISABLEMENT: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH; THE SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF QALY MEASURES |
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Economic approaches to measuring quality of life: conceptual convenience or methodological straitjacket?spouse carers: whose quality of life?; caring at home for children with mental handicaps; security and autonomy: criteria for judging the quality of care offered to adolescents in time-limited placements; choice and self; determination as aspects of quality of life in private sector homes; testing townsend: exploring living standards using secondary data analysis; the relationship between individual choice and government policy in the decision to consume hazardous goods |
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THE QALY: HOW CAN IT BE USED?TREATING AIDS: IS IT ETHICAL TO BE EFFICIENT?; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Concern about the quality of life and its measurement is probably greater now than ever before. The last five years have seen considerable changes in policy, particularly in health and social service markets bringing into question appropriate measures of input and output. The issues addressed in this volume range from the philosophical question of what the good life is, to detailed studies of what constitutes a good quality of life for particular client groups. Quality of Life will be valuable reading for researchers and practitioners in social policy, social work and economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Quality of life -- Congresses
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Quality of life
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baldwin, Sally
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Godfrey, Christine
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Propper, Carol, 1956-
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| ISBN |
0203422929 |
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9780203422922 |
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0415095816 |
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9780415095815 |
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