Quality of life and risk conceptions in UK healthcare regulation: towards a critical analysis

Benzer, Matthias (2011) Quality of life and risk conceptions in UK healthcare regulation: towards a critical analysis. CARR Discussion Papers (DP 68). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London, UK. ISBN 9780853284338

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Abstract

The paper outlines a way of gaining fresh perspectives on the functions of ‘quality of life’ (QOL) conceptions in the health sector. The first objective is to spotlight a seldom considered issue. The paper describes different uses of the QOL concept and different links between the categories of QOL and risk in the works of three UK health regulators: NICE, the CQC, and the GMC. It is suggested that closer investigations of the diversity of applications of QOL and associated risk conceptions in health regulation can throw new light on their role in contemporary health systems. The second objective is to provide signposts for critical examinations of this issue. The paper draws attention to three contextual factors – knowledge selection, value dimensions, and decisions on participation – which seem to shape, and may therefore elucidate, health regulators’ various operationalisations of QOL conceptions and connections between QOL and risk ideas.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/CARR
Additional Information:	© 2010 The Author
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
JEL classification:	H - Public Economics > H0 - General
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2011 10:11
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 20:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/36547

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