About the Book
Introduction: Context and Connections.- Chapter 1. Cost-Benefit Versus Expected Utility Acceptance Rules.- Chapter 2. Social Indicators Research and Health-Related Quality of Life Research.- Chapter 3. Culture as a Moderator of Overall Life Satisfaction: Life facet Satisfaction Relationships; Mallard, A.C.G., Lance, C.E. and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 4. Determinants of Health and the Quality of Life in the Bella Coola Valley; Michalos, A.C., Thommasen, H.V., Read, R., Anderson, N., & Zumbo, B.D..- Chapter 5. Health and Quality of Life of Aboriginal Residential School Survivors; Barton, S.S., Thommasen, H.V., Tallio, B., Zhang, W., & Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 6. Comparing Self-Rated Health, Satisfaction and Quality of Life Scores between Diabetics and Other Living in the Bella Coola Valley; Grigg, A., Thommasen, H.V., Tallio, B., Zhang, W., and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 7. The Relationship between Health Survey and Medical Chart Review Results in a Rural Population; Voaklander, D.C., Thommasen, H.V., and Michalos, A.C..- Chapter 8. Health and Quality of Life of Older People: A Replication After Six Years; Michalos, A.C., Hatch, P.M., Hemingway, D., Lavallee, L., Hogan, A., and Christensen, B..- Chapter 9. Good Health is Not The Same as a Good Life: Survey Results from Brandon; Michalos, A.C., Ramsey, D., Eberts, D., and Kahlke, P.M..- Chapter 10. A Note on Student Quality of Life; Michalos, A.C. and Orlando, J.A..- Chapter 11. Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed; Michalos, A.C. and Orlando, J.A..- Chapter 12. Education, Happiness and Well-Being.- Chapter 13. A Developmental View of Liberal Education: Revised Paper Presented at a Conference on Logic and Learning at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1979.- Chapter 14. Einstein, Ethics and Science.- Chapter 15. Observations on Acknowledged Authorship from Homer to Now.- Chapter 16. Building the encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research.- Chapter 17. Milestones of Quality of Life Research in Canada, 1930s-2014.