Measuring Health

Reviews of previous editions are: "an excellent resource for anyone involved in health research and highly recommended" - "Palliative Medicine". "a valuable source book for health services researchers, health care providers, and others interested in quantifying quality of life for clinical or research purposes" - "The International Journal for Quality in Health Care". "Includes accounts of a number of recently developed scales, while retaining the breadth, concision and clarity that marked the first edition" - "Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy".This is a highly commended: BMA Medical Book Competition 1998. This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive guide to measures of health and is an essential reference resource for all health professionals and students. Containing details of the use of most of the major measures of health and functioning, the new edition includes: a new chapter on measuring global quality of life; updated analysis of measures of subjective well-being; and a revised and up-to-date selection of useful addresses. "Measuring Health" is key reading for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates in health studies, health sciences, research methods and social sciences.

ISBN 0335215270   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780335215270 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Open University Press   Weight (grammes) 492 Imprint Open University Press   Published in Milton Keynes Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780335197545 Publication date 01 Oct 2004   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress RA   Width (mm) 188 DEWEY 614.42   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education

Preface - Concepts of functioning, health, well-being and quality of life - Theory of measurement - Measuring functional ability - Measuring broader health status - Measuring psychological well-being - Measuring social networks and social support - Measuring the dimensons of subjective well-being - Measuring global quality of life - Appendix of addresses - References - Index

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