"Health-Related Quality of Life: Measurement Tools, Predictors and Modifiers" ed. by Jasneth Mullings, et al.

This book highlights measurement tools for HRQoL, as well as predictors and modifiers, examining HRQoL in various disease states, including psychological health. It discusses ethical issues in the use of HRQoL measurements. The book is a compendium of original research, sharing perspectives from across developing and developed world settings. It is a useful text for researchers and students of academic disciplines in public health and clinical studies, extending to healthcare administrators and policymakers.

The concept of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has evolved since the 1980s, with broad-based applications for clinical care, research, and health policy, as well as for individual and patient use.

Contents
1. Modifiers of Health-Related Quality of Life by Biological, Psychological and Social Factors
2. Ethical Issues Which Have Prevented the U.S. from Maximizing Quality of Life Years
3. Assessment of Pain, Acceptance of Illness, Adjustment to Life and Strategies of Coping with the Illness in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
4. Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
5. Quality of Life in Patients with Skin Disease and Their Cohabitants
6. Psychological Intervention Based on Psychoneuroimmunology in Children and Adults
7. Poverty and Social Psychology: The Importance of Integrative Manner
8. Zambia’s Poorest Progressively Left Behind: Well-Being Denied
9. Living with Violence and Its Relationship with Executive Function in Childhood and Adolescence: Literature Review


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