Quality of life : perspectives and policies / edited by Sally Baldwin, Christine Godfrey, and Carol Propper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldwin, Sally.

Godfrey, Christine, 1950-

Propper, Carol, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life--Congresses.

Quality of life.

Social history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social scientists address the issue of the quality of life through the experience of applied researchers; those engaged in theoretical debate and those engaged in policy analysis.

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

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

THE QALY: HOW CAN IT BE USED?TREATING AIDS: IS IT ETHICAL TO BE EFFICIENT?; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Based on the discussion at the conference held at the University of York, 11-12 November 1987.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-86565-1

1-134-86566-X

1-280-32179-2

0-203-42292-9

9780203422922

OCLC:

475877228