The Quality of Life, Research, and Care
Authors: Richard A. Deyo
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1991)

Editorials15 April 1991The Quality of Life, Research, and CareRichard A. Deyo, MD, MPHRichard A. Deyo, MD, MPHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-8-695 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMedical care is increasingly concerned with the management of chronic diseases, for which cure is impossible but death is a distant eventuality. In this circumstance, the goal of medical care often is to optimize the patient's quality of life. If improving the quality of life is an important goal of medical therapy, it should be measured as an outcome in therapeutic research. We have, however, been slow and sometimes reluctant to quantify such a subjective, personal, and human characteristic.Two articles in this issue illustrate the increasing efforts that are being made to measure this important domain (1, 2). 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