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	Quality of Life
		Here we will say that fitness or 'Quality of Life' is a multidimensional set of values, unique to each organism, person and context.
		Quality of Life is often defined in a very negative way, simply as the absence of health threatening hazards from the environment or as the absence of disease or medical problems.
		Our world today is far from perfect, and the negative effects on our quality of life is obvious - whether as a result of the need to commute for hours a day, suffering arrogant and insensitive leaders, of intrusive noise or all the other obstructive and restrictive practices that comprise our societies.
	www.calresco.org /lucas/qol.htm (1933 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 12, Quality of Life and Therapeutic Objectives
		Health-related quality of life is best evaluated based on the patient's experiences, relationships with family members and friends, and cultural background.
		Evaluation of the severity of pain as perceived by the patient and of its effects on comfort, activities, and quality of life enables a clinician to determine when the focus of treatment must be relief of pain and suffering.
		Life expectancy based on predictions related to a cohort (eg, nearly 20 yr for a 65-yr-old woman, 16 yr for a 65-yr-old man) cannot be the sole criterion for treatment decisions.
	www.merck.com /pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec1/ch12.htm (1232 words)

	Quality of life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The well-being or quality of life of a population is an important concern in economics and political science.
		Debate on quality of life is millennia-old, with Aristotle giving it much thought in his Nicomachean Ethics and eventually settling on the notion of eudaimonia, a Greek term often translated as happiness, as central.
		One attempt to take quality of life more into account in government decisions is the notion of a seventh generation standard, which argues that the effect of any decision today should be judged by its effect in six generations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quality_of_life (1243 words)

	Quality of life - Appropedia: The sustainability wiki
		In this sense, "quality of life" is a subjective feeling not absolutely tied to material possessions or objective experiences -- one person might be very happy living in a small apartment and not owning a car, while another who owns several luxurious homes and a yacht might be desperately unhappy.
		Since some correlation between objective consumption and subjective happiness is frequently observed in practice, researchers sometimes use the term "quality of life" to refer to objective measures of diet, housing, health, etc. In this sense it is close to the more objective economic measure standard of living.
		Health workers also compare patients' quality of life under different circumstances - for example with one treatment a patient might expect many years of additional life, but with reduced mobility and high levels of pain, while another treatment might offer a much shorter life expectancy, but with excellent mobility and little pain.
	www.appropedia.org /Quality_of_life (1300 words)

	The Atlas of Canada - Overall Quality of Life
		Overall quality of life is a composite assessment of the quality of the social, economic and physical...
		Overall quality of life is a composite assessment of the quality of the social, economic and physical environments.
		The quality of each domain was assessed by several indicators, which were then combined to create a quality of life index.
	atlas.nrcan.gc.ca /site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/QOL/ove_qol_uc (129 words)

	Quality of Life
		Though all human life is inherently valuable as considered in the principles of human dignity and sanctity of life, physical life is not an absolute value but only the condition for the pursuit of higher values.
		"Quality of life judgments, then, are assessments about a patient’s current or future medical condition in relation to his or her abilities to pursue these other important values that transcend physical life.
		Quality of life considerations may be included in one’s evaluation of a medical treatment as a proportionate or disproportionate means, but may not be the sole determining factor.
	www.ascensionhealth.org /ethics/public/issues/quality.asp (244 words)

	Grappling With the Quality of Life: Patients, FDA and Drug Companies Struggle to Link Therapies With Well-Being
		But since the quality of a person's life is rooted in daily and momentary experiences, the value placed on everyday living in the face of illness or disability varies from person to person.
		Although its definition raised considerable question as to whether or not quality of life could be measured, the comprehensiveness of the definition has set a standard by which many measurement efforts have been judged.
		To help assess the patient's own perception about quality of life, pharmaceutical companies have begun to use disease-specific questionnaires that try to determine what qualities are important to patients and those that have been improved by the treatment.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/features/2001/201_life.html (2162 words)

	Quality of Life - Toolkit - Brown University
		AQEL Assessment of Quality of Life at the End of Life instrument (Axelsson, 1999) – this is a 22 item questionnaire measuring the physical, psychological, social, existential, and global aspects of quality of life.
		MQOL was designed to measure quality of life of people at all stages of a life-threatening illness, from diagnosis to cure or death.
		Quality of life was conceived as multidimensional and subjective.
	www.chcr.brown.edu /pcoc/Quality.htm (8155 words)

	Wisconsin Quality of Life - WRA - About Quality of Life Initiative
		The WRA’s Wisconsin Quality of Life initiative emerged from the association’s growing realization that every issue ultimately affects Wisconsin homeowners in one way or another, that ultimately what is at stake is not simply a question of homeownership, but a much broader range of issues related to homeowners’ quality of life.
		The Quality of Life initiative is rooted in the belief that the best way to understand what is happening with the quality of life in Wisconsin is to listen to the people who live there.
		The Quality of Life initiative provides an opportunity to talk with people, to ask them how things are going, and to involve them in an ongoing effort to determine whether the actions policymakers and elected officials are pursuing are enhancing or diminishing Wisconsin’s quality of life.
	www.qualityoflife.wra.org /about.htm (874 words)

	Eurofound: Quality of life
		New Quality of life in Bulgaria and Romania (2006)
		Quality of life in the Spanish workplace (2005)
		In 2005, a series of in-depth reports was published on issues relating to income inequalities and deprivation; families, work and social networks; life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging; and housing and the local environment.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /areas/qualityoflife/index.htm (296 words)

	Alzheimer Care: Ethical Guidelines, Quality of Life
		Young children in a caregiver's family may find their own quality of life affected, as they may need support and attention that the caregiver is unable to give.
		Family members and caregivers must strike a balance between their own quality of life and the quality of life of the person they are caring for.
		Recognizing that the quality of life of the person with the disease is closely linked to the quality of life of the caregiver.
	www.alzheimer.ca /english/care/ethics-quality.htm (1552 words)

	Eurofound: Quality of life in Europe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The monitoring programme is based on a European quality of life survey (EQLS) that was carried out in 2003 covering 28 countries and interviewing 26,000 people.
		The Quality of life in Europe report of basic findings presents key results in relation to country, region, age, gender, occupation and income.
		EurLIFE is an interactive database on living conditions and quality of life in Europe, offering data drawn from the Foundation's own surveys and from other published sources.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /areas/qualityoflife/eqls.htm (387 words)

	ICPA - Quality of Life
		Outcome studies measuring health related quality of life (HRQL) are becoming increasingly sought as measures as to the value of a health intervention.
		Quality of Life was evaluated as a sixth domain of the questionnaire instrument.
		Despite the increasing interest in the health and quality of life in homeless populations, a Mantis literature search revealed no studies have been published assessing the impact of chiropractic care on the health and quality of life of homeless individuals.
	www.icpa4kids.org /research/chiropractic/quality.htm (3110 words)

	Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
		The Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators are a contribution to the worldwide effort to develop comprehensive statistics of national well-being that go beyond traditional macroeconomic indicators.
		A systems approach is used to illustrate the dynamic state of our social, economic and environmental quality of life.
		The dimensions of life examined include: education, employment, energy, environment, health, human rights, income, infrastructure, national security, public safety, re-creation and shelter.
	www.calvert-henderson.com (139 words)

	The Orthodox Way - Quality of Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Is compassion ultimately defined by "quality of life" as defined by our culture or is it defined by the nature of the human being created in the image of God (whatever THAT means...) I'm not a "slippery slope" kind of guy, really.
		But when our culture that is enamored with beauty, comfort, ridding life of pain and suffering, health and wealth is defining what a "quality life" is, I'm not sure we as Christians are using the right dictionary.
		In the case of the "face transplant", no one is killed or harmed except perhaps the one who gets the transplant, and that is their "personal decision" based on a personal philosophy of "quality of life".
	www.conciliarpress.com /blog/index.php?title=quality_of_life&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 (1152 words)

	The Atlas of Canada - Quality of Life
		‘Quality of life’ is a term used to measure well-being.
		To assess quality of life, indicators are used to represent the most important aspects of a person’s life (called domains), which include, for example, housing, education, employment and household finances.
		The indicator data were compiled, transformed and analyzed to generate three quality of life maps for each environment, and then combined in a fourth map to show the overall quality of life.
	atlas.nrcan.gc.ca /site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/QOL (209 words)

	Manitoba REALTORS - The Quality of Life Project
		The goal of our Quality of Life statement is to support and recommend policies that will enable people to get what they value most: good jobs, homes, and better communities.
		The Quality of Life philosophy is based on five principles that REALTORS® and Manitoba residents feel are important for building better communities.
		Quality of life means having a roof over your head.
	www.qualityoflifemanitoba.ca (309 words)

	Quality of Life
		In partnership with the Department of Occupational Therapy and Centre for Health Promotion, at the University of Toronto, the unit carries out quality of life research that relates to communities, families, and individuals from a variety of population groups.
		Quality of Life is an area of study that has attracted an ever increasing amount of interest over the past two decades, particularly in the areas of health, rehabilitation, disabilities studies, and social services, but also in medicine, education, and others.
		The study of Quality of Life is an examination of influences upon the goodness and meaning in life, as well as people's happiness and well-being.
	www.utoronto.ca /qol (203 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| The Quality of Life Report \| Meghan Daum
		During one very cruel winter as Trout continues to exploit her community under the guise of journalism and as her dream of bucolic life unravels, she finally sees her reality is just a fantasy of her own devising and ultimately has to distinguish between the two.
		It seemed to me that the notion of "quality of life" continues to be tied up in the concept of the journey west.
		And while many of the specifics of her story are different from my own experience, her internal life (her theories and half-baked philosophies and struggles with finding a place for herself in the world) were quite similar to my own.
	us.penguingroup.com /static/rguides/us/quality_of_life_report.html (2352 words)

	Quality of Life
		Loss is an important force in a person’s life because it implies the removal of someone or something that had meaning to the individual.
		Quality of living and quality of dying are closely associated.
		Life is not fair, there are no easy answers, but there is a way of acceptance and peace for the last part of the journey and there are many that find it.
	www.nursing.gr /lifequality.html (4337 words)

	Johns Hopkins Arthritis Discusses Health-Related Quality of Life and Arthritis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many terms are used interchangeably (e.g., quality of life, health status, health–related quality of life) to discuss the effect of diseases, such as arthritis, on functioning and sense of well–being.
		At the broadest level, quality of life refers not only to health status, but also to environmental and economic factors (e.g., income, educational attainment) that can substantially influence well–being.
		For example, investigators who are interested in the evaluation of the quality of medical care outcomes tend to place greater emphasis on the development of measures that focus on overall well–being.
	www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu /mngmnt/qol.html (1831 words)

	Wisconsin Quality of Life - WRA - Index Summary Fall 2003
		State residents express more satisfaction with the quality of public schools in their area (76% up from 63%) and with the services they get for their public education dollars (66% up from 57%).
		State residents continue to be very satisfied with the quality of basic services they receive for their tax dollars.
		Almost half say that better access to quality health care would enhance their quality of life a great deal.
	qualityoflife.wra.org /surveys/fall2003/qol_index.htm (541 words)

	Quality of Life
		Using the search terms measurement, instrument, quality of life and (terminal care or palliative care), we found a total of 54 articles published between 1983 to 1997.
		VITAS Quality of Life Index (Byock and Merrimen, 1995) - there are two versions of this quality of life index which assess symptoms, function, interpersonal domains, well being, and transcendence.
		Quality of life in HIV disease as measured by the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire.
	www.gwu.edu /~cicd/toolkit/Quality.htm (1655 words)

	Quality of Life Concepts
		In this way quality of life is adapted to the lives of all humans, at any time, and from their individual perspectives.
		This sensitivity to the specific life situations of individual people also presents a limitation, namely that people may be highly satisfied with the important possibilities of their lives within an environment that is of poor quality.
		For example, people living in institutions may consider their quality of life to be good because they have had no opportunities to know other possibilities and have no power to effect change in any case.
	www.utoronto.ca /qol/concepts.htm (656 words)

	Quality-adjusted life years - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quality-adjusted life years, or QALYs, are a measure of the benefit of a medical intervention.
		Those who do not suffer from the affliction in question will, on average, overestimate the detrimental effect on quality of life, while those who are afflicted have come to live with their condition.
		As a result some people will not receive treatment as it is calculated that cost of the intervention is not warranted by the benefit to their quality of life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_years (374 words)

	[Quality of Life in Deschutes, Jefferson & Crook Counties] EDCO - Economic Development For Central Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For many places “quality of life” is the first thing promoted to new, prospective businesses.
		Also attracted to the region for quality of life reasons, the region has a disproportionately large concentration of outstanding physicians and specialists both within the four hospital system and in private clinics.
		SCMC-R is a fully accredited 48-bed hospital offering personalized, quality health care for residents of Redmond and surrounding areas which includes the services of: 24-hour emergency care; intensive/cardiac care; physical, respiratory, and nutritional therapy; radiology; and surgery.
	www.edforco.org /doing_business/qualityoflife/qualityoflife.html (2319 words)

	Alzheimer Society of Toronto - Quality of Life
		Young children in a caregiver's family may find their own quality of life affected, as they may need support and attention that the caregiver is unable to give.
		Family members and caregivers must strike a balance between their own quality of life and the quality of life of the person they are caring for.
		The quality of life of the person with Alzheimer's disease must be a central focus of care.
	www.asmt.org /ti_qualityOfLife.htm (1576 words)

	Quality of Life Challenge
		The Quality of Life Policy Group, chaired by John Gummer and Zac Goldsmith, published its final report, Blueprint for a Green Economy, at the Royal Institute of British Architects on Thursday 13 September 2007.
		Across five of the key proposals tested there is significant support for three: a large majority backs higher taxes for fuel inefficient vehicles (64%) and incentives for low carbon homes (62%), while supporters of a freeze on airport expansion outnumber opponents by more than two to one (49% vs 20%).
		We have looked at every aspect of the Quality of Life agenda.
	www.qualityoflifechallenge.com (303 words)

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