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ISBN:
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Author: International Congress Calendar
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Author: Quality of Life and the Millennium Challenge
Author: Valerie MøllerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402085699
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The new millennium is widely considered to be the age of globalisation, democratisation, and human rights. We live in a knowledge society and in a time of risk and uncertainty. World society is rapidly urbanising and ageing and exhausting its natural resources. It is the interplay of such key trends of the era that calls for a fresh approach to measuring quality of life. This collection of papers presents an innovative approach to evaluating living standards and wellbeing under the new circumstances facing individuals and societies in twenty-first century. Contributions cover a wide range of issues that impact positively and negatively on wellbeing in our age. While stability, trust, equal access to resources and the social integration of disadvantaged members of society enhance well-being, poverty, social exclusion, congestion in cities, HIV/AIDS and global warming pose threats to both modern and traditional lifestyles. Methodological refinements of conventional measurement tools are presented that take into consideration the rich diversity of lifestyles and values among different populations and regions of the world. This book will be essential reading for social scientists and ordinary citizens who are concerned about the future of human well-being on our planet.
Public Health Reports
Author: Research Awards Index
Author: Outcomes Assessment in Cancer
Author: Joseph LipscombPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139442749
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Cancer touches the lives of millions worldwide each year. This is reflected not only in well-publicized mortality statistics but also in the profound - though much more difficult to measure - effects of cancer on the health-related quality of life, economic status, and overall well-being of patients and their families. In 2001, the US National Cancer Institute established the Cancer Outcomes Measurement Working Group to evaluate the state of the science in measuring the important and diverse impacts of this disease on individuals and populations. The findings and recommendations of the working group's 35 internationally recognized members are reported in Outcomes Assessment in Cancer, lucidly written and accessible to both researchers and policy makers in academia, government, and industry. Originally published in 2005, this volume provides a penetrating yet practical discussion of alternative approaches for comprehensively measuring the burden of cancer and the effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic interventions.
Advance Translation as a Means of Improving Source Questionnaire Translatability?
Author: Brita DorerPublisher: Frank & Timme GmbH
ISBN: 3732905942
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
It is widely recognised that optimum translation quality is often difficult to achieve owing to problems in the source text. For large-scale cross-cultural surveys source questionnaires need to be translated into multiple target languages in order to produce comparable data across participating countries and cultures. ‘Advance translations’ have been applied in such surveys to improve the translatability of source questionnaires. The author used a think-aloud study to test the usefulness of advance translation into French and German. The study involved experienced professional questionnaire translators and applied qualitative and quantitative analysis. The study confirmed the usefulness of advance translation, at least for the languages and source texts used.
Index Medicus
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1956
Book Description
Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.
Quality of Life Improvement: Smart Approaches for the Working and Aging Populations
Author: Sabina BarakovićPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832546536
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Quality of life (QoL) is a broad concept that has many definitions and meanings depending on the context under consideration. It can be perceived as the overall enjoyment of life, and a multidimensional concept which emphasizes the self-perceptions of an individual’s current state of mind, which is affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships, and their relationship to salient features of their environment. On the other hand, demographic data suggests an increased need for workers worldwide and a rapid aging trend in the active workforce as well as in general. This trend of workforce deficit and population aging will be even more prominent in the future. Therefore, in order to have and sustain a healthy, motivated, and productive workforce, but also healthy, independent, and active elderly adults, one must improve their QoL, and vice versa. Improving QoL will improve general public health, and in turn create communities who can contribute in diverse and positive ways to both promote and sustain health for future generations.