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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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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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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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Quality of life in healthcare higher education professionals
Sport Sciences for Health, 2016To investigate the perception of quality of life and level of physical activity in professionals involved in healthcare higher education. The sample comprised of 38 individuals aged between 20 and 55 years. The following evaluations were carried out: anthropometry, flexibility, abdominal strength endurance, ergometric test, level of physical activity ...
Juliana Jacques Pastório +5 more
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2004
Objectives: To describe the health status of veterans receiving care in a veterans integrated service network (VISN). Design: Cross‐sectional survey with prospective follow‐up ...
Jasvinder A, Singh +7 more
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Objectives: To describe the health status of veterans receiving care in a veterans integrated service network (VISN). Design: Cross‐sectional survey with prospective follow‐up ...
Jasvinder A, Singh +7 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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Quality of Life Research, 2016
To provide a qualitative investigation of aspects that matter to patients regarding quality of life (QOL) and other perceived treatment effects of anthroposophic healthcare (AH). It is a first step in the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for AH.
Evi B. Koster +2 more
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To provide a qualitative investigation of aspects that matter to patients regarding quality of life (QOL) and other perceived treatment effects of anthroposophic healthcare (AH). It is a first step in the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for AH.
Evi B. Koster +2 more
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Work‐related quality of life of
AimsTo describe perceived work‐related quality of life of Ugandan healthcare workers. A secondary aim was to seek participant input on ways to improve work environments.BackgroundPoor patient outcomes, decreased employee motivation and decisions to leave the organization have been linked to poor work conditions.
J G, Opollo, J, Gray, L A, Spies
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A bridge to improving healthcare outcomes and quality of life
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2004Sharon M, Moe, Tilman B, Drüeke
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Healthcare interventions improving and reducing quality of life in children at the end of life
2021BACKGROUND: Children with serious illness suffer from symptoms at the end of life that often fail to be relieved. An overview is required of healthcare interventions improving and decreasing quality of life (QOL) for children with serious illness at the end of life. METHODS: A systematic review was performed in five databases, January 2000 to July 2018
Piëtte, Veerle +6 more
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