Studying the quality of life after organ transplantation: Research problems and solutions

被引：20

作者：

Joralemon, D

Fujinaga, KM

机构：

[1] Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

[2] Box 7558, Smith College, Northampton

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 1997年 / 44卷 / 09期

关键词：

quality of life; organ transplantation; research methods; ethnography;

D O I：

10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00256-0

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Studies assessing the quality of life after organ transplantation proliferated in the 1980s after improved immunosuppression led to higher survival rates. Despite severe critiques of the methods employed in this research, as well as more general criticisms of the financial motives behind it, medical journals have continued to publish reports which almost uniformly conclude that transplant recipients enjoy a high quality of life. This paper revisits the critiques, asks why they have had so little impact, and suggests a new approach. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

引用

页码：1259 / 1269

页数：11

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