Quality of Life as a Major Determinant of Medical Decision-Making

Abstract

(from the chapter) In this paper, I shall mainly consider the 2nd part of the question: Not so much who defines quality of life; we know that it has been or can be done by several categories: philosophers, social scientists, physicians, companies (especially pharmaceutical companies), health administration, government . . . But rather who makes medical-decisions and how determination of quality of life and other determinants may contribute to a medical decision. Medical decisions are mainly made by physicians, but through quality of life or other determinants, the other categories contribute to this decision. ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)