Human Suffering and Quality of Life - E-book

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Human Suffering And Quality Of Life - ENG

Conceptualizing Stories And Statistics

Ronald E. Anderson

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ISBN:	9789400776692
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencias sociales
Subtema:	Sociología general
Año de publicación:	2013-10-09

ThisÂ briefs on human suffering adds to human understanding of suffering by contextualizing both stories and statistics on suffering, while showing that suffering adds a useful perspective to contemporary thought and research on quality of life, social well-being, and measures of societal progress. The scholarship on suffering is made more comprehensible in the book by using nine different conceptual frames that have been used for making sense of suffering. The primary focus of this work is with the last frame, the quality of life frame. Overall, this chapters show how the research on quality of life and well-being can be enhanced by embracing human suffering. â€‹

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