Quality of Life in Old Age - International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007)

This volume brings together leading researchers on quality of life in old age to focus on one of the most important issues in both gerontology and quality of life studies. Quality of life is a holistic construct and assessed from many different perspectives and by many disciplines. Moreover, the concept of quality of life can be applied to practically all important domains of life. Thus, quality of life research has to include social, environmental, structural, and health related aspects and be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective. Recently research in gerontology has begun to systematically study quality of life - following the WHO dictum 'years have been added to life and now the challenge is to add life to years' - however there are very few texts available on this topic and none of an international and multi-disciplinary nature. Quality of life studies have neglected older people and, given the size and growth of this population, it is time to publish a volume on this topic that systematically pursues a comprehensive perspective and includes theoretical approaches and empirical findings with respect to the most important components of quality of life in old age. For these reasons and the high quality of the authors we have assembled, this will be a seminal text for both gerontology and quality of life researchers.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Social Indicators Research Series, 31
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2007
Editors:	Heidrun Mollenkopf • Alan Walker
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-7426-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	90-481-7426-0
Barcode:	9789048174263

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