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Chapter 6.What Is Well-Being?

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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615370818.dj06

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Definition of Health-Related Quality of Life | Common Methods for Measuring Quality of Life | New Approaches to the Science of Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes | Representative Design in Physiological Assessment | Mobile and Wireless Health | Summary | References

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Among all human assets, health and well-being are the most highly valued. Studies have investigated the rank order of preference for various states of being. In these exercises, there is typically little variability because virtually everyone rates health as their most desired state (Rokeach 1973). However, despite how much people value health status, the definition and measurement of health and well-being remain elusive.

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