Open AccessImplementing health-related quality of life assessment in clinical practice
Author(s) -
Luciano Magalhães Vitorino,
Gail Low
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista ciências em saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-3785
DOI - 10.21876/rcshci.v10i1.950
Subject(s) - health care , health professionals , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , medicine , clinical practice , sort , psychology , nursing , political science , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , law , information retrieval
Even with the continuous development of scientific and technological knowledge in healthcare and medical treatments that are billions of people from different countries and of all ages experiencing health impairments with some sort of chronic non-communicable or infectious disease. Although one of the main challenges for healthcare professionals is the restoration of people’s health, the preservation of the quality of life (QoL) is equally important.