Handbook on Quality of Life for Human Service Practitioners - Softcover

"If you have any interest in quality of life for individuals in human services. then Schalock and Alonso have done you a tremendous favor. They have amassed a huge review of literature on quality of life...that will be helpful to both the seasoned researcher and program director, as well as to new students or professionals in the field."

The most comprehensive and current volume on the subject, the Handbook contains a unique and practical model of quality of life that human service professionals can use to develop services and evaluate outcomes of programs. Two international experts simplify quality of life into 8 factors that can be applied to programs in education; physical health; mental and behavioral health; mental retardation and intellectual disabilities; aging; and family services. The Handbook is based on a review of international literature from 1985-2000 and contains over 50 pages of references.