HLTB15H3 Chapter Notes -Balance Theory, Ethnomethodology, Scientific Method
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More positive criteria of quality of life are increasingly being incorporated into the broader assessment of outcome. Need to incorporate both the medical model and the patient"s perspective. Health status traditionally focuses on physical morbidity and mental health and was negative in its operationalization. Both health status and health-related qualify of life can include physical health, physical functioning, social functioning and social health, psychological well-being, emotional well-being, and perceptions. Health-related quality of life as an outcome measure broadens outcome toward considering the impact of the condition and its treatment of the person"s emotional, physical and social functioning and lifestyle. Self reported and deal with generic and disease-specific health status, physical and mental functioning, quality of life nan health related quality of life, experiences of health care and treatment. Chapter 2: social research on health: sociological and psychological. Psychology: scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
