Beckmann J, Ditlev G
WHO Reg Publ Eur Ser. 1992;44:133-7.
Quality of life can be discussed in many ways. One way is to analyse the empirical quantitative approach to determine whether the research categories are operational, empirically unambiguous, and thematically relevant; progress, in the sense of changing the number of research categories, does not take place through a systematic empirical test but through a modification of the theory of quality of life. The current debate on quality of life has included a conflict between natural science and a humanistic approach. Our view is that quality of life must be defined through the difficult concept of happiness. When cancer threatens happiness, not one but two fundamental crises influence quality of life, which we regard as a key concept of a therapeutic method.
生活质量可以从很多方面进行探讨。一种方法是分析实证定量方法，以确定研究类别是否可操作、在实证上明确无误且在主题上相关；从改变研究类别数量的意义上来说，进展并非通过系统的实证检验实现，而是通过对生活质量理论的修正达成。当前关于生活质量的辩论包含了自然科学与人本主义方法之间的冲突。我们的观点是，生活质量必须通过幸福这一复杂概念来界定。当癌症威胁到幸福时，并非一种而是两种基本危机影响生活质量，我们将生活质量视为一种治疗方法的关键概念。
