Developing methods for assessing quality of life in different cultural settings. The history of the WHOQOL instruments.

BACKGROUND: This review traces the 12-year history of an international collaboration of researchers-the WHOQOL Group-who were brought together by the World Health Organisation to develop and produce a cross-cultural measure of quality of life for use in health and health care. DISCUSSION: The theor...

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Main Authors: Skevington, S, Sartorius, N, Amir, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004