Quality of life research : a critical introduction / Mark Rapley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rapley, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life--Research.

Quality of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Pubications, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-24019-2

1-84920-974-X

9786611240196

1-84787-670-6

9781849209748

OCLC:

476143064