Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction - Softcover

Rapley, Mark

 
9780761954576: Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761954570 ISBN 13: 9780761954576
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

`Quality of life' is one of the fastest growing areas of research and policy. The concept has an intuitive appeal as a measure of the well-being of individuals, communities and nations. It is increasingly promoted as an aid for political decisions and public funding. But what does the concept really mean? And how can it be operationalized in teaching and research?

This is the first introductory text to offer a critical overview of the concept of quality of life and the ways in which it is researched. Using an inter-disciplinary approach the book covers every aspect of the concept and its application - from the calculation of Quality-Adjusted Life Years to conversation analysis, from the estimation of the quality of life of nation states to ethnographic studies of the life quality of individual disadvantaged people.

The book fills a huge gap in teaching and research. Written with authority, and the need to produce an accessible critical introduction to the field, it will be of interest to students of sociology, psychology, public health and nursing, health economics, politics and medicine.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Rapley is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology. A graduate of the then NELP MSc in Clinical Psychology, he worked as a clinical psychologist in NHS learning disability services, and, until recently, as an academic and consultant to intellectual disability services in Western Australia.

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0761954570
ISBN 13 
9780761954576
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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