March 2007 No 88, 2007/1 - 94 pagesEditorialPages 3 to 3Quality of life for persons with health problemsBy Monique FormarierDiscussionPages 4 to 17Quality of life related to health and psychosocial adjustment in the area of chronic intestinal diseasesBy Marcel LourelMethodologyPages 18 to 24Measuring quality of life and nursing scienceBy Alain Leplège, Christophe DeboutPages 25 to 31The concept of quality of life: Palliative care and quality of lifeBy David F. CellaPages 32 to 37Quality of life index: Development and psychometric propertiesBy Carol E. Ferrans, Marjorie J. PowersEditorialPages 38 to 50The development of psychosocial factors in a cohort of HIV-infected patients following therapyBy Philippe Delmas, José Côté, Cyrille Delpierre, Hélène Sylvain, Valérie Lauwers-Cances, Simone DelonResearchPages 51 to 63Perceptions of quality of life among women suffering from stage III or IV primary pulmonary hypertension and being treated with prostacyclinBy Julie Peloquin, Sylvie Robichaud-Ekstran, Jacinth PepinPages 64 to 83A voluntary association’s involvement in preventing cardiovascular diseaseBy Bruno RobertVariaPages 84 to 93Representations and resulting painBy Nadia Peoc’h, Ghyslaine Lopez, Nadine Castes