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In Pursuit of the Quality of Life

Author : Avner Offer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198280026
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of the Quality of Life written by Avner Offer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is wealth the same as happiness? How is the quality of life to be evaluated, measured, and most importantly, achieved? The authors provide provocative and engaging answers to these questions in this new, multidisciplinary and pragmatic approach to an important area of social research. Taking the individual as the point of departure, the authors consider both objective circumstances and their subjective impact on people's lives. Prominent authors from an array of different academic disciplines discuss the quality of life as viewed from their distinctive perspectives: these include the psychology of subjective well-being, destitution and basic needs, the environment, women and the family, illness and health, employment and work, and the role of the state.

On the Quality of Life and the Pursuit of Happiness

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book On the Quality of Life and the Pursuit of Happiness written by Nicholas Rescher and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Author : Charles R. Kesler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442213353
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by : Charles R. Kesler

Download or read book Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness written by Charles R. Kesler and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 10 years, the Claremont Review of Books has become one of the preeminent conservative magazines in the United States, offering bold arguments for a reinvigorated conservatism that draws upon the timeless principles of the American Founding and applies them to the moral and political problems we face today. With essays by the likes of William F. Buckley, Jr., Christopher Hitchens, Richard Brookheiser, James Q. Wilson, Allen C. Guelzo, Victor Davis Hanson, Ross Douthat, and many others, this collection surveys the range of issues addressed in the Claremont Review of Books first decade, from the conservative critique of American progressivism to foreign policy, politics, history, and culture. Liberally illustrated with art director Elliot Banfield's popular cartoons, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness provides the magazine's many devotees with a treasured keepsake of a tumultuous decade and will be of interest to all those who care about American politics and culture. Among the contributors are Hadley Arkes, Martha Bayles, the late William F. Buckley, Jr., Paul Cantor, James Ceaser, Joseph Epstein, Christopher Flannery, Harvey Mansfield, Wilfred McClay, Cheryl Miller, the late Jaroslav Pelikan, Joseph Tartakovsky, Michael Uhlmann, Algis Valiunas, William Voegeli, and the late James Q. Wilson.

The Human Pursuit of Well-Being

Author : Ingrid Brdar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400713754
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Human Pursuit of Well-Being by : Ingrid Brdar

Download or read book The Human Pursuit of Well-Being written by Ingrid Brdar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the latest research on positive psychology from an international cast of researchers and particularly from the growing body of European researchers. The chapters describe research and practice from diverse fields of positive psychology, covering topics such as happiness and well-being, motivation and goals, personality, academic performance and coping, measurement and interventions. The book emphasizes a cultural approach to the human pursuit of well-being. It is unique in that it presents research from a range of cultures, such as Russia, Croatia, and Egypt, in addition to ten different Western cultures. This approach helps broaden our understanding of those aspects of human experience that make life worth living in diverse cultural conditions. The book includes well-known and new authors from the field and contains selected papers that were presented at the 4th European Conference of Positive Psychology held in 2008 in Croatia.

Pursuit of Passionate Purpose

Author : Theresa M. Szczurek
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471714143
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Pursuit of Passionate Purpose written by Theresa M. Szczurek and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pursuit of Passionate Purpose, self-help guru Theresa Szczurek reveals that the real key to a successful and happy life is in knowing what it is that you truly desire and pursuing it with determination. Based on the everyday wisdom of eighty successful people from all walks of life, along with the practical strategies she used to pursue her own passion, Szczurek presents a proven, step-by-step plan for effectively pursuing whatever your passionate purpose is. By emulating the six strategies/characteristics that almost all truly successful people share, you?ll discover who you really are, what you really want from life, and how to achieve it.

In Pursuit of Excellence

Author : Terry Orlick
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780736031868
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Excellence written by Terry Orlick and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >In Pursuit of Excellence, Third Edition,> shows you how to develop the positive outlook that turns "ordinary" competitors into winners... on the playing field and off. You'll learn how to focus your commitment, overcome obstacles to excellence, and achieve greater personal and professional satisfaction.Author Terry Orlick, an internationally acclaimed sport psychologist, has helped hundreds of Olympic athletes maximize their performances and achieve their goals. In this third edition of >In Pursuit of Excellence>, Orlick presents his special insights and experiences to help you make the most of your potential. He also identifies the Seven Essential Elements of Human Excellence and provides a step-by-step plan for proceeding along your personal path to excellence.Whether you are an athlete, coach, or high achiever in another walk of life, >In Pursuit of Excellence, Third Edition,> provides the expert advice and proven techniques to fulfill your aspirations.

The Pursuit of Human Well-Being

Author : Richard J. Estes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319391011
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Pursuit of Human Well-Being written by Richard J. Estes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved. Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as the differences in those regions. The broad questions that the handbook addresses include: What does well-being mean? How do different philosophical and religious traditions interpret the concept of well-being within their own context? Has well-being remained the same over different historical epochs and for different regions and subregions of the world? In which areas of human development have we been most successful in advancing individual and collective well-being? In which sectors has the attainment of well-being proven most difficult? How does well-being differ within and between different populations groups that, for a variety of socially created reasons, have been the most disadvantaged (e.g., children, the aged, women, the poor, racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities)?

Challenges for Quality of Life in the Contemporary World

Author : Wolfgang Dr. Glatzer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402028908
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Challenges for Quality of Life in the Contemporary World written by Wolfgang Dr. Glatzer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfgang Glatzer Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitiit Franlifurt am Main, Germany ABSTRACT Challenges for the quality of life in the contemporary world were the focus of the Fifth International Quality of Life-Conference in Frankfurt am Main in the year 2003, hosted and organized by the Interna tional Society for Quality of Life Studies. The first part of this introductory article is concerned with a general assessment of contemporary quality of life research. At present, the concept of quality of life is a kind of umbrella which keeps together a reasonable number of international social scientists who have similar research interests. The second part of the introduction describes the topics of this book: The five chapters are concerned with the societal goal discussion on quality of life, the scientific monitoring of quality of life, the economic challenges for quality of life, its cultural challenges, and finally the options and restrictions for improving quality of life. Altogether, the contributions are related to present interna tional investigations and discussions of basic questions of quality of life. ATTENTION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE Challenges for the quality of life in the contemporary world were the focus at the Fifth International Quality of Life-Conference in Frankfurt am Main in the year 2003, hosted and organized by the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. There are new threats and new prospects for the quality of life in each generation, and securing and improving quality of life is a never-ending task.

The Psychology of Quality of Life

Author : M. Joseph Sirgy
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030718883
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Quality of Life written by M. Joseph Sirgy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third, thoroughly revised and enhanced edition of this bestselling book analyses and discusses the most up-to-date research on the psychology of quality of life. The book is divided into six parts. The introductory part lays the philosophical and academic foundation of much of the research on wellbeing and positive mental health, showing the beneficial effects of happy people at work, health, and to society at large. Part 2 (effects of objective reality) describes how sociocultural factors, income factors, other demographic factors, and biological and health conditions affect wellbeing and positive mental health. Part 3 focuses on subjective reality and discusses how individuals process information from their objective environment, and how they manipulate this information that affects wellbeing and positive mental health. Part 4 focuses on the psychology of quality of life specific to life domains, while Part 5 reviews the research on special populations: children, women, the elderly, but also the disabled, drug addicts, prostitutes, emergency personnel, immigrants, teachers, and caregivers. The final part of the book focuses on theories and models of wellbeing and positive mental health that integrate and unify disparate concepts and programs of research. The book addresses the importance of the psychology of quality of life in the context of public policy and calls for a broadening of the approach in happiness research to incorporate other aspects of quality of life at the group, community, and societal levels. It is of topical interest to academics, students and researchers of quality of life, well-being research, happiness studies, psychotherapy, and social policy.

No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

Author : Peter Piot
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039306316X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses written by Peter Piot and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-05-28 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a microbiologist's remarkable career, from identifying the Ebolavirus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.

PACCAR

Author : Alex Groner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book PACCAR written by Alex Groner and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quality of Life

Author : David Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134349343
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life written by David Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at subjective and objective individual well-being and family, community and social life, relating quality of life to other contemporary concepts such as social capital, social inclusion and health inequality and sets them in an international and global perspective.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility

Author : Anthony Kenny
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845402758
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility written by Anthony Kenny and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny.

Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy

Author : Michael R. Hagerty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306475138
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy written by Michael R. Hagerty and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a useful "how to" book for researchers and government offices wanting to start or improve their own QOL survey, and contains "best practices" from all over the world. It is a valuable resource for researchers, policy and for those wishing to effect changes in public policy.

Dying in America

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309303133
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Dying in America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than are necessary and desired by patients, and the lack of coordination among programs increases risks to patients and creates avoidable burdens on them and their families. Dying in America is a study of the current state of health care for persons of all ages who are nearing the end of life. Death is not a strictly medical event. Ideally, health care for those nearing the end of life harmonizes with social, psychological, and spiritual support. All people with advanced illnesses who may be approaching the end of life are entitled to access to high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care, consistent with their wishes. Dying in America evaluates strategies to integrate care into a person- and family-centered, team-based framework, and makes recommendations to create a system that coordinates care and supports and respects the choices of patients and their families. The findings and recommendations of this report will address the needs of patients and their families and assist policy makers, clinicians and their educational and credentialing bodies, leaders of health care delivery and financing organizations, researchers, public and private funders, religious and community leaders, advocates of better care, journalists, and the public to provide the best care possible for people nearing the end of life.

Well-being and quality of life

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Well-being and quality of life written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pursuit of Happiness and the Traditions of Wisdom

Author : Vincenzo Giorgino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319047442
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Pursuit of Happiness and the Traditions of Wisdom written by Vincenzo Giorgino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a discussion of happiness that takes the shape of a dialogue between contemplative knowledge and practice or the wisdom traditions and the social sciences. It examines the different definitions of happiness in relation to wisdom traditions and the impact of these traditions on current research. It explores topics such as the pursuit of a good life, the pursuit of eudaimonia and the meaning of economic and social suffering from the perspective of the social sciences. It further discusses how the social sciences can meet people’s aspirations towards a world of higher well-being in our time, and what the future challenges are. The book includes both theoretical and empirical contributions on the matter and opens up a new line of transdisciplinary research. Overcoming barriers between disciplines and fields of knowledge, the book presents a beneficial cross-fertilization to achieve a wiser model of man.