Pain and suffering damages are important for compensating the victim acknowledging the harm suffered and restoring the disturbed peace and they can also create incentives that have significant economic implications for the decisions of many actors including victims injurers insurers product manufacturers employers medical doctors etc towards a better assessment of pain and suffering damages for personal injuries a proposal based on quality adjusted life years proposes a novel way . Even though there is general consensus that pain and suffering damages for personal injuries should primarily be based on the severity and duration of the impairment to health the amounts granted. Towards a better assessment of pain and suffering damages for personal injuries a proposal based on quality adjusted life years european studies in law and economics 1st edition by karapanou vaia 2014 taschenbuch amazonde vaia karapanou ba 1 4 cher. Framework which allows a better assessment of pain and suffering damages in personal injuries than the current legal approach this way such damages can be founded on their true basis that is the impact of the personal injury on the quality of life of the victim2 2 it is beyond the scope of our paper to address the issues related to using a regulatory measure like qalys for the assessment of pain and suffering damages we refer the. Title towards a better assessment of pain and suffering damages for personal injuries a proposal based on quality adjusted life years vaia karapanou author karapanou vaia description xvii 243 pages 24 cm