Life quality vs the 'quality of life': assumptions underlying prospective quality of life instruments in health care planning.

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Summary

It is concluded that to the degree now current prospective instruments reflect a purely physical perspective of "disease burden" irrespective of social conditions they create a context that works against life quality, and in some cases, the continuance of persons with physical differences.

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Published
2000-08-01
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Keywords

Quality of life (healthcare), Continuance, Coping (psychology), Sociology, Context (archaeology)

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