Quality of life assessment

It is a unique professional publication that deals with problematic areas of quality of life measurement specific to nursing. Within it, quality of life is defined as the outcome and indicator of nursing care. This publication focuses on the assessment of quality of life in relation to health and illness. In the introductory part, it summarizes the theoretical background and practical recommendations on how to monitor and measure the quality of life of patients. In the section for practical use, the author focuses on monitoring quality of life in patients across a spectrum of diseases - e.g. in acute, chronic, oncological diseases, according to the age of the patients. The publication not only focuses on the assessment of the quality of care as such, but also touches on many ethical aspects of nursing.