Abstract
The increased focus on QoL in health research and care is an encouraging one. The conception of health is moving from a model that focused on disease and treatment and is starting to include an assessment of the dynamic relationship between disease, treatment and life. To that end we are seeing a proliferation of HRQoL and CSQoL instruments, which is good. The measurement of HRQoL and CSQoL is still in its infancy, the instruments developed to date are generally adequate, but represent a starting point for the assessment of QoL not an endpoint.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Urinary and Fecal Incontinence |
Subtitle of host publication | An Interdisciplinary Approach |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 371-384 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 3540222251, 9783540222255 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2005 |