Title Cancer, AIDS, and quality of life / edited by Jay A. Levy, Claude Jasmin, and Gabriel Bez

Published New York ; London : Plenum Press, [1997] ©1997

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Description xiii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Introductory Comments. Problems of Defining Quality of Life; A. Feinstein. How Does Asic Research in Cancer and AIDS Approach the Concern for Quality of Life; J.A. Levy. The Evolution of Quality of Life; D. Joyce. Quality of Care for Cancer and AIDS; R.D. George. Changing our Metaphors to Put Quality of Life at the Center of Health Care; G. Annas. Uses of Information about Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with AIDS and Cancer; P.D. Cleary. Improving the Quality of Life of Cancer patients; P. Maguire. How Does the Cost of Care Influence the Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery: J. Rovira. Future Issues in the Use of Health Status Assessment Measures; S. Greenfield. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life; D. Callahan. Commentaries: Quality of Life, Who Is Responsible? Quality of Life: The Experience of an Oncology Unite Functioning in a Rural Greek Area; V. Georgoulias. Quality of Life, Who Defines It?. Risk as Diagnosis-Implications for the Quality of Life; L. Sachs. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life. Quality of Life at the End Stages of Life; M. Bedjaoui. Quality of Life: Socio-Economic, Geographic and Cultural Factors. Quality of Life-Pharmaceutical Considerations. Conclusions; H. Feinberg. 16 Additional Articles Notes "Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the International Council for Global Health Progress (ICGHP), held January 15-17, 1996, in Paris, France"--T.p. verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Care -- Congresses. Cancer -- Patients -- Care -- Congresses. Quality of life -- Congresses. Terminal care -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Bez, Gabriel. Jasmin, Claude, 1938- Levy, Jay A. International Council for Global Health Progress. International Conference (2nd : 1996 : Paris, France) LC no. 97005782 ISBN 030645517X (cased)

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