Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life - Peter Draper

Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life

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Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-14170-3 (ISBN)
58,60 inkl. MwSt
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.
One of the fundamental aims of nursing is to safeguard or promote patients' 'quality of life'. In Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life, Peter Draper examines existing ways of defining the concept and argues that nurses need to adopt a fresh approach, which more accurately reflects patients' concerns and helps them to develop practical ways of promoting the well-being of people in their care.

The text provides an analysis of statistical approaches to quality of life, including social indicators, the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY), and the medical outcomes literature. The author proposes an alternative, qualitative approach to organising care, which respects the patients' choice and individuality and presents the findings of new research into the quality of life of older people in hospital wards.

Combining original research and a critical analysis of existing models, Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life is suitable for students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Peter Draper is Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Hull

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.5.1997
Reihe/Serie Routledge Essentials for Nurses
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 650 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-14170-2 / 0415141702
ISBN-13 978-0-415-14170-3 / 9780415141703
Zustand Neuware
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