A Multidimensional View of Quality of Life in Frail Elders
1991; Elsevier BV; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/b978-0-12-101275-5.50005-3
Autores Tópico(s)Aging and Gerontology Research
ResumoThis chapter focuses on the individual aspects of the quality of life that is typically studied by medical and social sciences. It highlights the persistent issues in quality of life research: objective and subjective perspectives, positive and negative qualities, and the processes by which people regulate their preferred mix of qualities of life. It will be argued that a theoretical framework that subsumes all of what is meant by quality of life may be applied to people in every state of health. Quality of life is a multidimensional evaluation, by both intrapersonal and social-normative criteria, of the person-environment system of an individual in the past, current, and anticipated time. The chapter also discusses the breadth and depth of life as a whole, and the maintenance of an appropriate focus on the individual rather than the aggregate, demands a multidimensional conception of quality of life. The searches for uni-dimensionality, for the single concept of medical quality of life, and for deviations expressed only as decrements are attempts at oversimplifications that a society concerned with individual differences cannot afford.
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