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The structural and moral integrity of our field.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Weinfurt, K
Published in: J Patient Rep Outcomes
April 10, 2026

This commentary consists of edited remarks made by the author upon receipt of the 2025 International Society for Quality of Life Research President’s Award. The field of health measurement/quality-of-life research is viewed as a house in which we have grown up and now live. We sometimes need to rework our foundation to maintain our field’s structural integrity—that is, the shared intellectual foundations that support our thinking in a changing world. To complement structural integrity, we need moral integrity—a shared commitment to working in ways that strengthen our science and our humanity. Monitoring and sustaining these two aspects of integrity are the responsibility of everyone.

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J Patient Rep Outcomes

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2509-8020

Publication Date

April 10, 2026

Volume

10

Issue

1

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
 

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Weinfurt, K. (2026). The structural and moral integrity of our field. J Patient Rep Outcomes, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-026-01035-y
Weinfurt, Kevin. “The structural and moral integrity of our field.J Patient Rep Outcomes 10, no. 1 (April 10, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-026-01035-y.
Weinfurt K. The structural and moral integrity of our field. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2026 Apr 10;10(1).
Weinfurt, Kevin. “The structural and moral integrity of our field.J Patient Rep Outcomes, vol. 10, no. 1, Apr. 2026. Pubmed, doi:10.1186/s41687-026-01035-y.
Weinfurt K. The structural and moral integrity of our field. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2026 Apr 10;10(1).

Published In

J Patient Rep Outcomes

DOI

EISSN

2509-8020

Publication Date

April 10, 2026

Volume

10

Issue

1

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences