Edited by
Michael S. Ritsner
and
A. George Awad

2007

New Perspectives on Research and Treatment

Over the past few decades health-related quality of life (HRQL) has emerged as the new image of medicine viewed from a psychosocial perspective. The concept of Quality of Life has attracted a good deal of interest, not only from a clinical perspective but also from psychosocial, health economics as well as cultural aspects.