Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Social Science General

Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

by (author) Alex C. Michalos

Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade
Initial publish date
Mar 2014
Category
General, Home & Community Care, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9789400707542
    Publish Date
    Mar 2014
    List Price
    $14409.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9789400707528
    Publish Date
    Feb 2014
    List Price
    $13139.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive reference work on scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research

Since the 1960s two over-lapping but fairly distinct research communities and traditions have developed concerning ideas about the quality of life, individually and collectively, one with a fairly narrow focus on health-related issues and one with a quite broad focus. In many ways, the central issues of these fields have roots extending to the observations and speculations of ancient philosophers, creating a continuous exploration by diverse explorers in diverse historic and cultural circumstances over several centuries of the qualities of human existence. What we have not had so far is a single, multidimensional reference work connecting the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields.

Entries will be organized alphabetically and cover basic concepts, relatively well-established facts, lawlike and causal relations, theories, methods, standardized tests, biographic entries on significant figures, organizational profiles, indicators and indexes of qualities of individuals and of communities of diverse sizes, including rural areas, towns, cities, counties, provinces, states, regions, countries and groups of countries.

About the author

Alex Michalos is the author of 18 books, including Militarism And The Quality Of Life (1989) and A Pragmatic Approach to Business Ethics (1995). He has also authored the 5-volume North American Social Report: A Comparative Quality of Life in Canada and the United States from 1964 to 1974 (198-82), as well as the 4-volume Global Report on Student Well-Being (1991-93). Michalos is also the founder of three scholarly journals. He currently teaches politics and social science at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Alex C. Michalos' profile page