1. Living with asthma: contemporary perspectives - an editorial overview / Margaret J. Christie -- 2. International and historical perspectives / Helen R. Winefield -- 3. The economic and social burden of childhood asthma / Nicholas Wells -- 4. Measurement of inputs and outcomes: an industry perspective / Francis Upchurch and Sharon McCullogh -- 5. Management of childhood asthma in General Practice / Sean Hilton -- 6. Asthma - a growing problem / John F. Price -- 7. Disturbed emotional development in severely asthmatic children / David A. Mrazek -- 8. Quality of life: assessment issues for children with chronic illness and their families / Hannah M. McGee -- 9. Knowledge and attitudes as determinants of 'quality of life' in children with asthma / Christine Eiser and Trudy Havermans -- 10. Measuring quality of life in children / Paul Kind -- 11. Methodological issues in the assessment of quality of life in childhood asthma: what educational research has to offer / Anne West
12. An introduction to the methods of testing measures of quality of life / Chris Evans -- 13. Measuring quality of life of adult asthmatics: a patient-centered approach / Michael E. Hyland -- 14. Quality of life in childhood asthma: development of the Childhood Asthma Questionnaires / Davina J. French, Margaret J. Christie and Anne West -- 15. Quality of life: an overview from the health psychology perspective / John Weinman
