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Quality of life / Philip Seed and Greg Lloyd.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 1997.Description: 218p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781853024139 (pbk.) :
  • 1853024139
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 SEE
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.Quality of life in everyday usage -- 3.Academic and professional interest in quality of life -- 4.Opportunity and communications -- 5.Resource renewal or exploitation? the two languages -- 6.Personal protection and openess -- 7.Non-violence resolution of conflicts -- 8.A holistic approach -- 9.Values and counter-values: a summary - 10.Quality of life values and religious belief -- 11.Planning for sustainable development. Greg Lloyd -- 12.Regional development. Greg Lloyd -- 13.Housing -- 14.Health services -- 15.Personal social services -- 16.Financial services. Greg Lloyd -- 17.A general framework for measuring quality of life -- 18.Measuring quality of life in a medical context -- 19.Measuring quality of life in social care -- 20.Measuring quality of life in leisure: needs and provision -- 21.The use of league tables to measure quality of life. Greg Lloyd -- 22.Challenging corporate behaviour -- 23.The responsibility of the state -- 24.The role of pressure groups -- 25.The voluntary sector -- 26.Inter-Governmental and non-governmental organisations -- 27.The role of the churches -- 28.Conclusions.
Summary: The authors stress the values based approach to quality of life, taking the view that quality of life assessments, whether by individuals or institutions, share a common set of values, and that quality rather than quantity is the key to opportunities.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306 SEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 111176

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-214) and index.

1.Introduction -- 2.Quality of life in everyday usage -- 3.Academic and professional interest in quality of life -- 4.Opportunity and communications -- 5.Resource renewal or exploitation? the two languages -- 6.Personal protection and openess -- 7.Non-violence resolution of conflicts -- 8.A holistic approach -- 9.Values and counter-values: a summary - 10.Quality of life values and religious belief -- 11.Planning for sustainable development. Greg Lloyd -- 12.Regional development. Greg Lloyd -- 13.Housing -- 14.Health services -- 15.Personal social services -- 16.Financial services. Greg Lloyd -- 17.A general framework for measuring quality of life -- 18.Measuring quality of life in a medical context -- 19.Measuring quality of life in social care -- 20.Measuring quality of life in leisure: needs and provision -- 21.The use of league tables to measure quality of life. Greg Lloyd -- 22.Challenging corporate behaviour -- 23.The responsibility of the state -- 24.The role of pressure groups -- 25.The voluntary sector -- 26.Inter-Governmental and non-governmental organisations -- 27.The role of the churches -- 28.Conclusions.

The authors stress the values based approach to quality of life, taking the view that quality of life assessments, whether by individuals or institutions, share a common set of values, and that quality rather than quantity is the key to opportunities.

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