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" Quality of life : "
David Phillips
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BL
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628074
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Phillips, David,1949-
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Quality of life : : concept, policy and practice /\ David Phillips
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2006
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xii, 276 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0415323541 (hardback)
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: 041532355X (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-266) and index
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| Contents
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Cover -- Quality of Life -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A first view of quality of life -- Overview of the book -- 1 Quality of life and the individual -- Happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being -- From subjective well-being to quality of life -- Models of quality of life -- Conclusion -- 2 Health-related quality of life -- The health-related quality of life of individuals -- The health-related quality of life of communities -- Conclusion -- 3 The social context -- Happiness and utilitarianism -- Prudential values -- Needs -- Doyal and Gough's theory of human need (THN) -- Capabilities -- Conclusion -- 4 Poverty and wealth, inclusion and exclusion -- Poverty and quality of life -- Social exclusion -- Poverty, social exclusion and quality of life -- 5 Communities and quality of life -- Social capital and social cohesion -- overview -- From social capital to social cohesion: a stepped aggregation -- Bringing social cohesion and social exclusion together -- 6 Societal quality of life constructs -- Overarching quality of life constructs -- Bernard's democratic dialectic -- Berger-Schmitt and Noll's overarching quality of life construct -- Social quality -- Conclusion -- 7 Healthy societies -- Hancock's public health model -- Healthy communities -- a case study -- Why are some societies healthier than others? -- 8 Conclusion -- Reśumé and identification of cross-cutting themes -- Major themes: from the individual to the societal -- Principles of quality of life -- Appendix -- Indicators of socio-economic security -- Indicators of social cohesion -- Indicators of social inclusion -- Indicators of social empowerment -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Examining the concept of the quality of life, this book looks at its relevance to social policy, especially in relation to class, gender, health and cultural diversity
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Quality of life
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Basic needs
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Social policy
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| Dewey Classification
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306/.01
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HN25.P55 2006
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