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edited by M. R. Trimble and W. E. Dodson, 300 pp, $105, New York, NY, Raven Press, 1994.

Matthew Menken, MD, Reviewer
Somerset, NJ

Arch Neurol. 1995;52(10):944.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Health status assessments that rely on traditional morbidity and mortality rates have limited usefulness in the evaluation of treatments for chronic diseases, yet physicians are increasingly called on to demonstrate the effectiveness of their interventions by those who pay for their services. Thus, it is not surprising that health assessments based on quality-of-life (QOL) measures have come to the fore in recent years.

In 1993, the Epilepsy Foundation of America, Landover, Md, convened an international symposium to frame a definition of QOL in epilepsy, and this user-friendly book is the tangible product of that effort. The 14 chapters span 300 pages, ask all of the right questions about QOL assessment, yet find few answers that satisfy everybody. Should efforts to assess QOL in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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