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Connecting the Quality of Life Theory to Health, Well-being and Education

The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos

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  1. Alex C. Michalos

    1. University of Northern British Columbia , Ottawa, Canada

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  • Connects quality of life theory to health and well-being in previously under-represented populations
  • Shows the influence of education on quality of life
  • Provides and overview of the past, and looks at the future of quality of life research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Cost-Benefit Versus Expected Utility Acceptance Rules

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 1-23

  3. Social Indicators Research and Health-Related Quality of Life Research

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 25-58

  4. Culture as a Moderator of Overall Life Satisfaction—Life Facet Satisfaction Relationships

    • Alison G. C. Mallard, Charles E. Lance, Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 59-79

  5. Determinants of Health and the Quality of Life in the Bella Coola Valley

    • Alex C. Michalos, Harvey V. Thommasen, Rua Read, Nancy Anderson, Bruno D. Zumbo
    Pages 81-122

  6. Health and Quality of Life of Aboriginal Residential School Survivors, Bella Coola Valley, 2001

    • Sylvia S. Barton, Harvey V. Thommasen, Bill Tallio, William Zhang, Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 123-135

  7. Comparing Self-rated Health, Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scores Between Diabetics and Others Living in the Bella Coola Valley

    • Angela Grigg, Harvey V. Thommasen, Hugh Tildesley, Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 137-150

  8. The Relationship Between Health Survey and Medical Chart Review Results in a Rural Population

    • Donald C. Voaklander, Harvey V. Thommasen, Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 151-164

  9. Health and Quality of Life of Older People, a Replication After Six Years

    • Alex C. Michalos, P. Maurine Hatch, Dawn Hemingway, Loraine Lavallee, Anne Hogan, Bev Christensen
    Pages 165-200

  10. Good Health is Not the Same as a Good Life: Survey Results from Brandon, Manitoba

    • Alex C. Michalos, Douglas Ramsey, Derrek Eberts, P. Maurine Kahlke
    Pages 201-246

  11. A Note on Student Quality of Life

    • Alex C. Michalos, Julie Anne Orlando
    Pages 247-254

  12. Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed

    • Alex C. Michalos, Julie Anne Orlando
    Pages 255-275

  13. Education, Happiness and Wellbeing

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 277-299

  14. A Developmental View of Liberal Education

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 301-312

  15. Einstein, Ethics and Science

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 313-326

  16. Observations on Unacknowledged Authorship from Homer to Now

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 327-333

  17. Building the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 335-346

  18. Milestones of Quality of Life Research in Canada, 1960s to 2014

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 347-395

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 397-402
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About this book

This volume connects aspects of personal health, overall well-being, and education to quality of life. It includes discussions of Galen’s and Harvey’s views of the movement of blood in human bodies, and differences in the research traditions of social indicators research and health-related quality of life research. It examines determinants of health and quality of life in a variety of populations, including the residents of the Bella Coola Valley of British Columbia, aboriginal residential school survivors in Canada, and diabetics versus non-diabetics. It describes relations between health survey and patients’ medical chart reviews, the health and quality of life of older people, and the difference between good health and a good life. Other topics explored are student quality of life, comparisons of the quality of life of students, aboriginal and unemployed people, the impact of education on happiness and well-being, and liberal education. In addition, the volume presents Einstein’s views of ethics and science, and unacknowledged authorship in scholarly publications. The final chapter gives a historical review of quality of life research in Canada over the past fifty years.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern British Columbia , Ottawa, Canada

    Alex C. Michalos

About the author

Prof. Alex Michalos currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University. He is also the Director of Research for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Emeritus Professor in Political Science at his former institution, the University of Northern British Columbia. Michalos has published 24 books, over 100 refereed articles, and founded or co-founded seven scholarly journals. Among the seven, he is Editor in Chief for the Journal of Business Ethics, the most frequently cited journal in the world devoted to business ethics, and Social Indicators Research, the first scholarly journal devoted to quality of life research. He is married to Dr. Deborah Poff, President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Connecting the Quality of Life Theory to Health, Well-being and Education

  • Book Subtitle: The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos

  • Authors: Alex C. Michalos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51161-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51160-3Published: 26 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84583-8Published: 01 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51161-0Published: 14 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 402

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research, Quality of Life Research, Positive Psychology

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