Quality of Life Research - A Critical Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Mark Rapley is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology.A graduate of the then NELP MSc in Clinical Psychology, he worked as a clinical psychologist in NHS learning disability services, and, until recently, as an academic and consultant to intellectual disability services in Western Australia. Klappentext This is the first introductory text to offer a critical overview of the concept of quality of life and the ways in which it is researched. Using an inter-disciplinary approach, the book covers every aspect of the concept and its application. Zusammenfassung This is the first introductory text to offer a critical overview of the concept of quality of life and the ways in which it is researched. Using an inter-disciplinary approach! the book covers every aspect of the concept and its application. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THEORY Introduction Where Has QOL Come from? A Life of Quality Just What Does QOL Mean? Whose Quality of Life Is It Anyway? Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches PART TWO: PRACTICE Researching QOL as Cultural Object QOL in Health and Social Care Research QOL Research with Special Populations Researching QOL as a Psychological Object Should We `Hang Up Quality of Life as a Hopeless Term¿?

Product details

• Authors: Mark Rapley, Rapley Mark
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2003
• EAN: 9780761954576
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5457-6
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Public health and preventive medicine, Research Methods & Evaluation