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Author Schalock, Robert L.

Title Handbook on quality of life for human service practitioners / Robert L. Schalock, Miguel Angel Verdugo Alonso
Published Washington, DC : American Association on Mental Retardation, [2002]
©2002

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 MELB  362.2042 Sch/Hoq  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 429 pages ; 26 cm
Contents 1. About this handbook -- 2. The concept of quality of life: its meaning, importance, and our approach to it -- 3. Education and special education -- 4. Physical health -- 5. Mental health and behavioral health -- 6. Mental retardation and intellectual disabilities -- 7. Aging -- 8. Family-centered quality of life -- 9. A synthesis of core quality of life domains and indicators -- 10. Measurement techniques currently used in quality of life -- 11. A systems approach to quality of life measurement -- 12. Individual-level application of the concept of quality of life -- 13. Organizational-level application of the concept of quality of life -- 14. Societal-level application of the concept of quality of life -- Putting it all together and moving ahead
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-423) and index
Subject Human services -- Evaluation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Quality of life -- Evaluation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Author Verdugo, Miguel Ángel.
LC no. 2002018380
ISBN 0940898772
Other Titles Quality of life for human service practitioners