1970
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.32.6.771
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Life units. A discussion in the Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.

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“…In 1970 Carlens and his colleagues tried to capture ‘quality of life’ by constructing a ‘vitagram’ that plotted length of survival against a simple index measuring activity and symptoms for 115 patients undergoing treatment for lung cancer. In the same year Tofler (1970), a cardiologist, suggested that ‘life units’ be used to measure the value of replacing heart valves. These could be calculated by multiplying years of post‐operative survival by a measure of quality of life – for which he suggested a simple five point scale of functioning running from a life without restriction to a life virtually confined to a hospital bed.…”
Section: The Quality Of Life Instrumentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 1970 Carlens and his colleagues tried to capture ‘quality of life’ by constructing a ‘vitagram’ that plotted length of survival against a simple index measuring activity and symptoms for 115 patients undergoing treatment for lung cancer. In the same year Tofler (1970), a cardiologist, suggested that ‘life units’ be used to measure the value of replacing heart valves. These could be calculated by multiplying years of post‐operative survival by a measure of quality of life – for which he suggested a simple five point scale of functioning running from a life without restriction to a life virtually confined to a hospital bed.…”
Section: The Quality Of Life Instrumentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esses impactos foram desvelados por meio de diferentes idéias: seja que vivemos no "mundo do descartá-vel" e da "obsolescência instantânea" (TOFLER 1970): seja que a razão explicativa, praticada pelo mundo moderno -o encadeamcnto de causas e de efeitos -é incapaz, diantc da velocidade do aparecimento das coisas, de produzir suas causas (BAUDRILLARD, 1983); ou, então, através da idéia de um mundo de tal forma invadido por formas aceleradas de comunicação e de locomoção, que faz do momento do percurso, do itinerário, uma espécie de não-lugar (VIRILIO. 1989).…”
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