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Improving the Quality of Life

Recommendations for People with and without Disabilities

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. David M. Romney

    1. University of Calgary, Canada

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  2. Roy I. Brown

    1. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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  3. Prem S. Fry

    1. University of Victoria, Canada

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-7
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  2. Quality of Life as a Concept and Measurable Entity

    • Trevor R. Parmenter
    Pages 9-46

  3. Enhancing Quality of Life in the Population at Large

    • David R. Evans
    Pages 47-88

  4. Forging Ahead: Linking Health and Behavior to Improve Quality of Life in Older People

    • Marcia G. Ory, Donna M. Cox
    Pages 89-120

  5. Using Quality of Life Information to Set Priorities in Health Policy

    • Robert M. Kaplan
    Pages 121-163

  6. Improving the Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Disorders

    • Céline Mercier
    Pages 165-192

  7. Quality of Life for Students with Disabilities in Transition from School to Adulthood

    • Andrew S. Halpern
    Pages 193-236

  8. Improving the Quality of Life: Prescriptions for Change

    • David M. Romney, Roy I. Brown, Prem S. Fry
    Pages 237-272
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About this book

The book is unique in two distinct ways. First, it focuses on improving quality of life in contrast to other books that have tended to focus more on its conceptualization and assessment. Second, it deals with improving quality of life in a variety of disabled populations, not just one, and includes chapters on people with chronic mental or physical conditions and those without disabilities at all (i.e. so-called normal people). The book outlines some of the challenges and controversies in the quality-of-life domain and attempts to synthesize the key issue and to draw generalizable conclusions.
The book is mainly for university students and faculty and practitioners from various disciplines working in the field. It will also interest those members of the general public who wish to improve their own quality of life or that of their relatives or friends.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Calgary, Canada

    David M. Romney

  • Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    Roy I. Brown

  • University of Victoria, Canada

    Prem S. Fry

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Improving the Quality of Life

  • Book Subtitle: Recommendations for People with and without Disabilities

  • Editors: David M. Romney, Roy I. Brown, Prem S. Fry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0171-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3234-3Published: 30 November 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4077-8Published: 02 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0171-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 272

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Public Health, Education, general

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