Author	Sirgy, M. Joseph. author
Title	Handbook of Quality-of-Life Research [electronic resource] : An Ethical Marketing Perspective / by M. Joseph Sirgy
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9837-8
Descript	V, 458 p. online resource

This handbook provides students of quality-of-life (QOL) research with an understanding of how QOL research can be conducted from an ethical marketing perspective - a perspective based on positive social change. The handbook covers theoretical, philosophical, and measurement issues in QOL research. The handbook also approaches selected QOL studies in relation to various populations in various life domains. The marketing approach is highly pragmatic because it allows social and behavioral scientists from any discipline to apply marketing concepts to plan social change and assess the impact of intervention strategies on the QOL of targeted populations

One: The Quality-of-Life (QOL) Concept Viewed from a Marketing Lens -- Two: Conceptual Frameworks, Approaches, Theories, and Philosophies of QOL -- Three: Measures and Measurement Issues in QOL Research -- Four: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Marketing Perspectives -- Five: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Population Segments -- Six: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Life Domains -- Seven: QOL Research in Relation to Specific Public and Private Sectors -- References -- Author Index