Connecting the Quality of Life Theory to Health, Well-being and Education
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-84583-8 (ISBN)
Prof. Alex Michalos currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University. He is also the Director of Research for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Emeritus Professor in Political Science at his former institution, the University of Northern British Columbia. Michalos has published 24 books, over 100 refereed articles, and founded or co-founded seven scholarly journals. Among the seven, he is Editor in Chief for the Journal of Business Ethics, the most frequently cited journal in the world devoted to business ethics, and Social Indicators Research, the first scholarly journal devoted to quality of life research. He is married to Dr. Deborah Poff, President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University.
Introduction: Context and Connections.- Chapter 1. Cost-Benefit Versus Expected Utility Acceptance Rules.- Chapter 2. Social Indicators Research and Health-Related Quality of Life Research.- Chapter 3. Culture as a Moderator of Overall Life Satisfaction: Life facet Satisfaction Relationships; Mallard, A.C.G., Lance, C.E. and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 4. Determinants of Health and the Quality of Life in the Bella Coola Valley; Michalos, A.C., Thommasen, H.V., Read, R., Anderson, N., & Zumbo, B.D..- Chapter 5. Health and Quality of Life of Aboriginal Residential School Survivors; Barton, S.S., Thommasen, H.V., Tallio, B., Zhang, W., & Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 6. Comparing Self-Rated Health, Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scores between Diabetics and Other Living in the Bella Coola Valley; Grigg, A., Thommasen, H.V., Tallio, B., Zhang, W., and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 7. The Relationship between Health Survey and Medical Chart Review Results in a Rural Population;Voaklander, D.C., Thommasen, H.V., and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 8. Health and Quality of Life of Older People: A Replication After Six Years; Michalos, A.C., Hatch, P.M., Hemingway, D., Lavallee, L., Hogan, A., and Christensen, B..- Chapter 9. Good Health is Not The Same as a Good Life: Survey Results from Brandon; Michalos, A.C., Ramsey, D., Eberts, D., and Kahlke, P.M..- Chapter 10. A Note on Student Quality of Life; Michalos, A.C. and Orlando, J.A..- Chapter 11. Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed; Michalos, A.C. and Orlando, J.A..- Chapter 12. Education, Happiness and Well-Being.- Chapter 13. A Developmental View of Liberal Education: Revised Paper Presented at a Conference on Logic and Learning at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1979.- Chapter 14. Einstein, Ethics and Science.- Chapter 15. Observations on Acknowledged Authorship from Homer to Now.- Chapter 16. Building the encyclopedia ofQuality of Life and Well-Being Research.- Chapter 17. Milestones of Quality of Life Research in Canada, 1930s-2014.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XXXV, 402 p. 26 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 670 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Humanistische Psychotherapien |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| Schlagworte | Aspects of Personal Health • Good Health and Good Life • Health and Quality of Life of Older People • Health and Quality of Life Research • History of Quality of Life • Impact of Education on Happiness and Well-Being • Personal Life Satisfaction • Quality of Life of aboriginal Residential School S • Quality of Life of aboriginal Residential School Survivors • Quality of Life of Diabetics • Student Quality of Life • Well-Being and Quality of Life |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-84583-7 / 3319845837 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-84583-8 / 9783319845838 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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