Quality of life in old age : international and multi-disciplinary perspectives
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Quality of life in old age : international and multi-disciplinary perspectives
(Social indicators research series, v. 31)
Springer, c2007
- : hb
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. There are very few texts available on this topic and none of an international and multi-disciplinary nature. 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.
Table of Contents
Preface, Heidrun Mollenkopf and Alan Walker.- Section I - Understanding Quality of Life in Old Age.- 1. International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Quality of Life in Old Age: Conceptual Issues, Alan Walker and Heidrun Mollenkopf.- 2. Quality of Life in Older Age - What Older People Say. Are We Measuring the Right Things?, Ann Bowling.- Section II - Key Aspects of Quality of Life.- 3. Well-being, Control and Ageing - an Empirical Assessment, Svein Olav Daatland and Thomas Hansen.- 4. Social Resources, Toni C. Antonucci and Kristine J. Ajrouch.- 5. Economic Resources and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age, Manuela Weidekamp-Maicher and Gerhard Naegele.- 6. Quality of Life in Old Age, Inequality and Welfare Sate Reform - an Empirical Comparison between Norway, Germany and England, Andreas Motel-Klingebiel.- 7. Environmental Aspects of Quality of Life in Old Age: Conceptual and Empirical Issues, Hans-Werner Wahl, Heidrun Mollenkopf, Frank Oswald and Christiane Claus. 8. The Environments of Ageing in the Context of the Global Quality of Life Among the Elderly Living in Family Housing, Fermina Rojo-Perez, Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Vicente Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Jose-Manuel Rojo-Albuin.- 9. Perceived Environmental Stress, Depression, and Quality of Life In Older, Low Income, Minority Urban Adults Housing, William B. Disch, Jean J. Schensul, Kim E. Radda and Julie T. Robison.- 10. Ageing Scenario and Quality of Life in Asia and Europe - A Comparative Sociological Appraisal., Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi.- 11. Ethnicity and Quality of Life, Neena L. Chappell.- 12. Health and Quality of Life, Dorly Deeg.- 13. Care-related Quality of Life: Concept and Empirical Exploration, Marja Vaarama, Richard Pieper and andrew Sixsmith.- Section III - Conclusions and Outlook.- 14. Quality of Life in Old Age: Synthesis and Future Perspectives, Heidrun Mollenkopf and Alan Walker.
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