The Concept and measurement of quality of life in the frail elderly (Academic Press, 1991)
Based on a conference held Feb. 16-18, 1990 as a joint project of UCLA's Multicampus Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and the Jewish Homes for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles, sponsored by the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
This work presents the first serious attempt to impose rigor on the definition and measurement of quality of life among the elderly. The book uses a conference to develop background but goes well beyond the meeting in terms of depth of reviews of the literature and of integration among the chapters