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Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life [PDF ebook]

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One of the fundamental aims of nursing is to safeguard or promote patients’ ‘quality of life’. In Nursing Perspectives on Quality of Life, Peter Draper examines existing ways of defining the concept and argues that nurses need to adopt a fresh approach, which more accurately reflects patients’ concerns and helps them to develop practical ways of promoting the well-being of people in their care.The text provides an analysis of statistical approaches to quality of life, including so...

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 200 ● ISBN 9781134767731 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2005 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4212747 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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