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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813939903321

Autore

Rapley Mark

Titolo

Quality of life research [[electronic resource] ] : a critical introduction / / Mark Rapley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2003

ISBN

1-281-24019-2

1-84920-974-X

9786611240196

1-84787-670-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 286 p.)

Disciplina

306.072

Soggetti

Quality of life - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Apologia; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction - Where Has QOL Come From?; Chapter Two: A Life of Quality - Just What Does QOL Mean?; Chapter Three: Whose Quality of Life Is It Anyway?; Chapter Four: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches; Chapter 5: Researching QOL as Cultural Object; Chapter Six: QOL in Health and Social Care Research; Chapter Seven: QOL research with special populations; Chapter Eight: Researching QOL as a Psychological Object; Chapter Nine: Should We 'Hang up Quality of Life as a Hopeless Term'?; Appendix 1: Transcript Conventions; Appendix 2: Introduction

Appendix 3: ResourcesReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This introductory text offers a critical overview of the concept of quality of life and the ways in which it is researched.