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Quality of life: a concept analysis
Author(s) -
Meeberg Glenda A
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010032.x
Subject(s) - phrase , formal concept analysis , quality of life (healthcare) , context (archaeology) , quality (philosophy) , process (computing) , nursing theory , psychology , nursing , medicine , medline , epistemology , computer science , history , political science , natural language processing , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , law , operating system
Quality of life (QOL) is a phrase which was first used shortly after the Second World War and has, since then, been overused and infrequently defined A concept analysis of QOL is presented to clarify the concept for further use The process for concept analysis developed by Walker & Avant is employed Quality of life is found to be very complex, and it is hoped that this analysis will stimulate thought and further nursing research into what QOL means in the health care context