Quality of life / Philip Seed and Greg Lloyd.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 1997.Description: 218p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781853024139 (pbk.) :
- 1853024139
- 306 SEE
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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.