Guide to the Study of Quality of Life in Medicine. Edited by Academician of the RAMS Yu.L.Shevchenko

The book is the only leadership in Russia on the conceptual and methodological aspects of the quality of life in medicine. The publication considers the possibilities of the method of assessing the quality of life in clinical studies and clinical practice and the foundations of the methodology for studying the quality of life in medicine are found. The leadership summarized the international and domestic experience in studying the quality of life of patients in various sections of medicine: cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, oncology, transplantology, pediatrics and palliative medicine. The approaches to the conduct of population studies are highlighted, the results of the first in Russia of a population study of the quality of life are presented. The application of the method of assessing the quality of life in pharmacoeconomic analysis is considered. The leadership presents a new paradigm of therapy and palliative care for health care, the principles of the theory of decision making in clinical medicine are presented on the basis of the concept of studying the quality of life. The book also provides information on scientific and educational programs of an interethnic center for the quality of life. Management is intended for doctors of all specialties, organizers of health, scientists, psychologists, sociologists, as well as for all specialists who participate in the implementation of priority national projects aimed at improving the quality of life of the population of Russia