Now Available from Sage Publications

Quality of Life in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation:
Conceptual Approaches, Issues, and Applications (R. Renwick,
I. Brown, & M. Nagler, eds.) is now available from Sage
Publications. The volume examines conceptual frameworks for
understanding and discussing quality of life and issues in
employing the concept in research, service provision, and
policy development for persons with and without
disabilities.

The first volume to present a coherent picture and introduce
a specific conceptual framework, Quality of Life in Health
Promotion and Rehabilitation convincingly argues for quality
of life as the common concept linking health promotion and
rehabilitation. Although quality of life issues are
receiving increased attention from both researchers and
service providers in the health arena, no other volume deals
with the quality of life in terms of health promotion and
rehabilitation. Following an introduction to key themes and
concepts, contributors representing a broad spectrum of
disciplines and perspectives review the conceptual basis for
understanding and discussing the quality of life. This
volume discusses current social issues such as HIV and
homelessness, abilities and disabilities such as
communication disorders and the aging process, and major
life activities such as employment and leisure as they
relate to the quality of life. Various populations,
including adolescents, the elderly, the homeless, and
persons with AIDS, are represented. Finally, key themes are
deliberated in terms of their implications for future
conceptualization, research, practice, and policy
development in health promotion and rehabilitation.

Quality of Life in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation is
essential reading for students, researchers, and
practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines including
health promotion, rehabilitation, occupational therapy,
nursing, physical therapy, psychology, and public health.

ABRIDGED CONTENTS: I. Quality of Life in Health Promotion
and Rehabilitation / II. Conceptual Approaches to Quality of
Life / III. Quality of Life in Health Promotion and
Rehabilitation: Some Critical Issues / IV. Applications of
Quality of Life in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation / V.
Future Directions

CONTRIBUTORS: M. Bach, J. D. Baker, I. Brown, R. Brown, H.
Day, R. Draper, D. Felce, A. Fine, J. Friedland, S.
Friefeld, S. Jankey, R. Labonte, D. Mason, B. McCreary, E.
McPhail, M. Nagler, B. O'Keefe, H. Ouellette-Kuntz, T.
Parmenter, J. Perry, J. Raeburn, D. Raphael, R. Renwick, M.
Rioux, I. Rootman, R. Schalock, M. Shain

1996 (Mar) / 437 pages/ $55.00 (h) (59133) / $24.95 (p)
(59141)

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University of Toronto
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