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ejop-484	Barcaccia, Barbara; Esposito, Giuseppe; Matarese, Maria; Bertolaso, Marta; Elvira, Marta; De Marinis, Maria Grazia	Defining Quality of Life: A Wild-Goose Chase?	2013	19	.pdf	application/pdf	11379	472	49	In order to better understand the difficulties in providing a shared definition of QoL concept, it is useful to record when and how the history of Quality of Life kicked off, and its domino effect on almost every field of human existence. In truth, ethical consequences stem from different QoL definitions: Health professionals often make quality of life judgments when making decisions about the care of patients and their perspective on expected quality of life is the crucial factor in deciding whether treatment for a life-threatening condition will be administered or not (Addington-Hall & Kalra, 2001).	cache/ejop-484.pdf	txt/ejop-484.txt