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September
Volume 6
Issue 3
2008
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Editorial
Quality of life: between measurements and sense of life
Giancarlo Cesana Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Invited Paper
And a time to die
Lodovico Balducci M.D. Program Leader, Senior Adult Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Beyond Measure: The Role of Stories, Conversations, and Personal Narratives in Quality of Life Research
Carolyn Ellis, Ph.D. Professor of Communication and Sociology, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Honoring the Sacred in Medicine: Spirituality as an Essential Element of Patient-Centered Care
Christina M. Puchalski, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
Quality of life and ethical decisions in medical practice
Antonio G. Spagnolo Full Professor of Bioethics, Dept. of Educational Sciences, University of Macerata, Italy; Member of the Board of Directors, Center for Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Ad Alberto Ferrari
Original Articles
Emergency contraception: the efficacy of drugs in unwanted pregnancy prevention
Patrizia Vergani, Massimiliano Greco Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza, Italy
Hospitals
The Ospedale di Circolo Macchi Foundation in Varese
Maurizio De Bortoli Scrittore – Centro Culturale Massimiliano Kolbe (VA)
Books
Paint - Art and disease
Il dolore e l’imperfezione
A cura di Giorgio Bordin
JMP Letters