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Quality of life, health and happiness
- Title
- Quality of life, health and happiness / Lennart Nordenfelt.
- Author
- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
- Publication
- Aldershot : Avebury, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA407 .N673 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 182 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Aims to draw together questions surrounding the nature of quality of life and its significance in particular for medical care. This text proposes and defends a theory of quality of life which has been inspired by classical and modern analyses of concepts such as happiness and welfare.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p.173-180.
- Contents
- pt. I. On quality of life and happiness. 1. Towards a characterisation of the area. 2. Two classic theories of happiness. 3. The framework for quality of life: Human welfare. 4. Towards an analysis of the notion of happiness -- pt. II. The medical context: Measuring health and quality of life. 5. The concept of health. 6. The concept of subjective health. 7. To measure subjective health. 8. To measure health and quality of life in health care I: A Swedish instrument. 9. To measure health and quality of life in health care II: The idea of human needs. 10. To measure health and quality of life in health care III: An economic approach -- 11. Conclusions and general remarks.
- ISBN
- 1856285537
- 9781856285537
- OCLC
- ocm29223339
- 29223339
- SCSB-2032291
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library