Measuring The Quality Of Life in Health

 by Rod O'Connor PB 288 pages

This is a very useful handbook setting out all you need to know about patient-based measures. The book describes the nature and origins of QoL measurement and patient-centred measurement generally, explaining how questionnaire-based measures can assist providers and researchers to develop better healthcare services. The book is comprehensive and detailed, fully outlining new directions and initiatives in the area. At the same time it provides a very readable and practical account of the facts as they are needed in practice, explaining how to develop and select quality of life and related measures to assess outcomes in the health care workplace.

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Communicating in the Health and Social Sciences

by Higgs, Sefton, Street, McAllister, and Hay PB 200 pages 

 Written for all students expecting to make their careers within the health and related social science professions, this book provides support and resource materials to enliven and enrich the presentation of assessable material. The chapters explain the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of essays, research, communication in practice settings and laboratory reports, reviews, annotated bibliographies, figures, tables, posters, presentations, mediation, advocacy and interpersonal communication.

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