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World Suffering and Quality of LifeImplications of World Suffering for Human Progress

World Suffering and Quality of Life: Implications of World Suffering for Human Progress [After reviewing definitions of suffering, this chapter offers a framework and typology of suffering that can accommodate the diversity of thought and research on suffering. Estimates of suffering prevalence follow. The remainder of the chapter summarizes the content of each of the first four parts of the volume: (I) suffering’s challenge to humanity, humanitarianism, and human rights; (II) caregivers and care receivers; (III) quality of life (QOL) and its measurement; (IV) QOL and community. The last part, Part V—on the future—is left for the last chapter.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

World Suffering and Quality of LifeImplications of World Suffering for Human Progress

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 56)
Editors: Anderson, Ronald E.

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
ISBN
978-94-017-9669-9
Pages
3 –29
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9670-5_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[After reviewing definitions of suffering, this chapter offers a framework and typology of suffering that can accommodate the diversity of thought and research on suffering. Estimates of suffering prevalence follow. The remainder of the chapter summarizes the content of each of the first four parts of the volume: (I) suffering’s challenge to humanity, humanitarianism, and human rights; (II) caregivers and care receivers; (III) quality of life (QOL) and its measurement; (IV) QOL and community. The last part, Part V—on the future—is left for the last chapter.]

Published: Jan 7, 2014

Keywords: World suffering; Social suffering; Taxonomy of suffering; Preventable suffering; Human rights; Humanitarian; Caring; Community indicators; Quality of Life (QOL)

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