In the case of a chronic, progressive disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), no single desired outcome or outcome measure is universally appropriate. Possible desired outcomes may differ significantly with regard to the disease phase or the perspective applied (patient’s, practitioner’s or purchaser’s). This book on the measurement of outcomes in RA clearly shows how multidimensional the phenomenon is. It arouses many interesting questions, one of the most important being how to apply the measures of functional disability mainly assessed in research contexts to clinical practice?

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