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) For more information contact Dr. Rebecca Renwick, e-mail: [log in to unmask] To order directly from Sage Publications: e-mail: [log in to unmask]; by phone: (805) 499- 9774; By fax: (805) 499-0871. Dennis Raphael 62 First Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4M 1W8 Tel: 416-465-7455 Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych 62 First Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4M 1W8 Tel: 416-465-7455