Peter Draper

Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In a fresh approach, using new research gathered on hospital wards, Peter Draper challenges existing definitions of 'quality of life' and suggests practical ways in which nurses can promote the well-being of patients in their care.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 149mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780415141703
• ISBN-10: 0415141702
• Artikelnr.: 21121441

Autorenporträt

Peter Draper is Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Hull

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I The concept of quality of life and its use in health
research 1 Introducing quality of life 2 Social indicators of quality of
life 3 The quality adjusted life year (QALY) 4 Quality of life and medical
research 5 The social scientific approach to quality of life: positivism
and it limits Part II Quality of life and nursing practice: philosophy and
methods 6 The case for a nursing approach to quality of life 7
Hermeneutics: a philosophical basis for the study of quality of life Part
III Quality of life: a nursing perspective 8 Research decisions 9 Being at
home: the relationship of places and personal possessions to quality of
life 10 Being an individual 11 Organising care to promote quality of life
12 Conclusion: quality of life and its contribution to nursing practice