For example, a patient may prefer a more economical treatment even if it is less effective, a more conservative surgery because of greater emphasis on quality of life than on life expectancy, or may refuse chemotherapy because the adverse effects are considered unlikely to compensate for the increased survival time [ 21].
Patients who are not cured but in remission for extended periods of time can be included in this definition in light of the broad emphasis on quality of life (QoL) and treatment related morbidity in this category of chronic patients.
In light of the government's major emphasis on quality of care in South Africa, the interrelated issues of the effective utilisation of agency nurses and quality of care would need to be addressed in tandem.
For example health concerns can put emphasis on quality of water, provision of sanitation and cleaner energy.
The increasing emphasis on quality of care is part of a wider consumerist movement towards market-orientated neoliberal models of healthcare [ 22], which emphasise patient choice, individual responsibility, and agency with respect to personal health and wellbeing [ 23].
Detective Lt. Dennis Farrell, commander of the Nassau homicide bureau, said better enforcement of drug-related crimes, an emphasis on quality-of-life issues and mandatory arrests in domestice violence cases had improved the county's homicide rate.
Crime peaked, though, in 1990, when there were twenty-two hunined and sixtyears murders; nine years later, by the time of the Louima trial, the Broken Windows theory, with its emphasis on quality-of-life policing, and CompStat, the use of statistical analysis to target high-crime spots, were well-worn catchphrases.
This finding is supported by Schonwetter et al. (2008) who reported that clients with a do-not-resuscitate order prefer less aggressive treatment and tend to place greater emphasis on quality of life rather than on quantity of life [ 13].
Q. Whitfield Ayres, a Republican pollster in Atlanta, said the increased emphasis on quality-of-life issues was the result of an improved economy, not a political shift.
An emphasis on quality of care is needed and would encompass all aspects of abortion provision and care including improvements in allocated space and infrastructure.
