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The Genesis of Health: Evolution of the Concept of Health-Related Quality of Life

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients

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Quality of life (QoL) was first introduced as a concept in medicine in the 1970s. In the 35 years that followed, it saw unparalleled growth, confirmed by numerous studies and scientific publications devoted to measuring QoL in different groups of patients subjected to specific medical interventions.

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  1. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

    Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk (Chair)

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  1. I Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

    Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz (Professor of Cardiology and Internal Medicine) & Marek Klocek (Associate Professor of Internal Medicine) (Professor of Cardiology and Internal Medicine) &  (Associate Professor of Internal Medicine)

  2. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

    Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk (Professor of Sociology, Chair) (Professor of Sociology, Chair)

  3. Medicine Experimental Medicine (Care of the Elderly), Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK

    Christopher J. Bulpitt (Professor of Geriatric and Cardiovascular) (Professor of Geriatric and Cardiovascular)

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Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B. (2013). The Genesis of Health: Evolution of the Concept of Health-Related Quality of Life. In: Kawecka-Jaszcz, K., Klocek, M., Tobiasz-Adamczyk, B., Bulpitt, C.J. (eds) Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2769-5_1

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