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Healthcare apartheid and quality of life for people with disabilities
Quality of Life Research, 2010The sizzling debate on healthcare reform has very little to do with me as a person with a significant physical disability, yet it fuels the fire in my belly. I am well insured because I work and supposedly have access to some of the best healthcare in the world, yet I continue to receive, and suffer from, some services that are second-class for several
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Effects of Use of Alternative Therapies on Quality of Life and Healthcare Spending
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2007Osteoarthritis (OA) is a costly disease that causes much morbidity and mortality in the world, and it was the sixth leading cause of disability in developed countries. We aim to study the utilization pattern of alternative therapies and their effects on quality of life and personal health spending in Chinese OA patients in Hong Kong.
Lau, WCS +5 more
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Resilience and Professional Quality of Life among Military Healthcare Providers
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2014The retention of qualified military healthcare providers is a top priority for Department of Defense (DoD) leaders. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between resilience and professional quality of life and to explore differences among providers who had been deployed and those who had never been deployed.
Colleen, Leners +3 more
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Quality of Life assessment: A paradigm shift in healthcare?
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1997The assessment of patient quality of life is assuming increasing importance in medicine and healthcare. In addition to their biological effects, illnesses, diseases and their treatments can have significant impact on mobility, mood, life satisfaction, cognition and the ability to fulfil occupational, social and family roles.
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HAPPINESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Materials of the 5th International Academic Conference “Happiness and Contemporary Society”Happiness and quality of life in medicine and healthcare are inextricably linked to the experience of patients and the way the healthcare system responds to their needs. Modern medicine increasingly recognizes that treatment is not only about eliminating the symptoms of diseases, but also about improving the quality of life of patients.
Paulina WOJTYLA-BUCHORA +4 more
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Musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life and depression in healthcare workers.
2017Aim: This study was conducted to determine level of the musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), quality of life, fatigue, and depression among the healthcare professionals. Materials and Methods: Questionnaires including the professional quality of life (ProQOL R-IV), which is composed of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue subscales ...
TOSUN, ALİYE +7 more
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Healthcare law and ethics, 7: quality and quantity of life
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 2016The assessment of quality versus quantity or length of life using assessment tools such as QALYs can have implications for often costly treatment, with many of these implications having an ethical component. This article will briefly explain what a QALY is, placing this within notes on the meaning of quality, quality of life versus length of life and ...
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Quality of life in the contemporary politics of healthcare: … but what is a life?
Journal of Aging Studies, 2018'Quality of life' (QoL) is a ubiquitous phrase in medicine. There is considerable literature on the meaning of 'quality' in 'quality of life', but little on the meaning of 'life'. And yet, rooted in measurements of QoL, is a conceptualization of 'a life' used to judge 'quality'. In this article I focus on 'life' within institutional healthcare, arguing
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