Hungarian adaptation of the WHO method for measuring quality of life

: Authors explain the importance of quality of life assessments starting from the health definition of the World Health Organization. They review the basic possibilities of quality of life assessments. They shortly introduce the quality of life instrument developed by the World Health Organization, the WHOQOL. They report on the Hungarian adaptation procedure. Finally they point out the strengths and weaknesses of the method and review the possible territories of its use, e.g. the medical practice, the improvement of the communication between patient and physician, the accreditation, the research and the influencing of health policy.