Talk:Quality of life/Archive 1

Improvement drive
A related topic, Grameen Bank, has been nominated on This week's improvement drive. Contribute your expertise and vote for Grameen Bank on This week's improvement drive!--Fenice 06:46, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

VOTE!! - HDI in Infobox#Countries|country infobox/template?
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a standard UN measure/rank of how developed a country is or is not. It is a composite index based on GDP per capita (PPP), literacy, life expectancy, and school enrollment. However, as it is a composite index/rank, some may challenge its usefulness or applicability as information.

Thus, the following question is put to a vote:

Should any, some, or all of the following be included in the Wikipedia Infobox#Countries|country infobox/template:
 * (1) Human Development Index (HDI) for applicable countries, with year;
 * (2) Rank of country’s HDI;
 * (3) Category of country’s HDI (high, medium, or low)?

YES / NO / UNDECIDED/ABSTAIN - vote here

Thanks!

E Pluribus Anthony 01:52, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Quality of Life, as opposed to a Movie that happens to have the name "Quality of Life"
I really don't believe that something as important as the quality of life should take a back seat to the name of a movie called "Quality of Life." This seems absurd. I move that the title of an article called "Quality of Life" should be about the quality of life, and that a movie that happens to call itself "Quality of Life" should be represented in a disambiguation page. Instead, we have the opposite, and I feel that it's quite ridiculous. Whoever heard of this movie, anyway??? Runt (talk) 02:45, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge
I see a tag for a proposed merge into Quality-of-life index. I would oppose this merge. Quality of life is a widely referred to subject, but that index is only one measure of quality of life. If anything, the merge should be the other way around. Personally though, I think the articles should be kept separate. Cazort (talk) 22:09, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

I feel the same way; this article clearly refers to the idea in general, while the other article refers to a specific (and not the only) measure. What would make far more sense to me than a merge either way would be a section in this article that links to various quality of life quantifications, such as the Quality-of-life Index and any others that exist. --173.74.41.58 (talk) 14:35, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Agree oppose merge, an index is smaller than the broader topic. I'm going to try and cut through a few Gordian knots here...--PaulWicks (talk) 22:15, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Opening sentence
The term Quality of Life used by politicians and economists to measure broader social effects of policies, such as the effect that reducing graffiti or vandalism might have on the wellbeing of local residents.

I was going to just put in an "is" before "used" so it would be a sentence and leave it at that. Was it purposely phrased this way, or a typo? It seems like a weak opening in general. A "term" doesn't "measure", and besides, there is a quote just below it that says that measuring is elusive. Any ideas how to improve this? Springatlast (talk) 04:30, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

The opening is not good. A better definition is needed. And graffiti has got little to do with quality of life. For some, like me,''' graffiti can add to the quality of life. Graffiti gives me interesting visual impressions that makes the day better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.176.164 (talk) 19:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Emotional Health
I'd like to propose that the effects of conditions that affect the state of mind (primarily depression, but other mental illnesses) be added to this article. As someone who suffers depression, I can say with absolute certainty that my quality of life is far below what it could be if I was "normal." Additionally, I have added three relevant links to the "see also" section of this article. Chrisbrl88 (talk) 08:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

In today's world Emotional and mental health are very important aspects of our life. we can say that our thought quality is based on our Emotional and mental health which is directly lead to Quality of life.

Health Care
I would like to propose to add additional wording to the statement, "Within the field of healthcare, quality of life is often regarded in terms of how it is negatively affected, on an individual level, by disease" I don't see that within the field of healthcare that they limit themselves to disease being the only factor in negatively impacting ones quality of life. I feel the following gives more clarity. "Life-limiting illness has many faces: a debilitating illness that is not life-threatening * life-threatening illness that is not terminal * terminal illness * the predictable, natural decline in the health of an elder * an unforeseen mental/physical decline of a loved one * chronic, end-stage disease processes." I found this information at Quality Life Care http://www.qualityoflifecare.com/?page_id=50. What do you think about adding this information?TinamSmith (talk) 03:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TinamSmith (talk • contribs) 03:25, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I liked the section "International development" very much. It is seriously informative and valuable to all of us. I the world health is a buzzword while the poorer countries are going down and down in starving. We should help with our best asset and strategy. We must care about ourselves too. Here is a little try to be with you about Natural Health Programs —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kozenziaqt (talk • contribs) 10:47, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Quality of life, cost per QALY
The sentance "for example a cancer treatment which costs $10.23 and on adverage gives the patient 2 extra years of full health costs $500000 per QALY" makes no sense to me. It seens to me it would cost $5.12 per QALY. Please clarify. Thank you, Cindy AndersonCindy Anderson 17:08, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree this is clearly incorrect and needs amendment. Stewart Brock. It's so terrible, you know that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.254.200.23 (talk) 02:18, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Flourishing
It seems that the concept of flourishing is very similar to this and at least deserves a cross reference, if not a more complete integration. This is especially true because "well-being" is redirected to this page. --Lbeaumont (talk) 01:59, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Thinking more about this it seems that well-being includes concepts from quality of life, Eudaimonia, and flourishing. It may be best to create a page dedicated to well-being that explores this scope and compares and contrasts it to each. What do you think? --Lbeaumont (talk) 13:53, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Also, the term well-being (with a hyphen) has its own page. This seems confusing. --Lbeaumont (talk) 23:49, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

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