Quality of life and subjective well-being: Historical, conceptual and methodological clarification

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-65

  John, Lindsay ^a   Wright, Robin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concept; Framework; Quality of life; Subjective measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646433030     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v04n02_04     Document Type: Article

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