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Title Cross-cultural perspectives on quality of life / edited by Kenneth D. Keith and Robert L. Schalock.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : American Association on Mental Retardation, 2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.3 C951C    Check Shelf
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Description 380 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-380).
Contents Person-centered quality of life: contributions from Canada to an international understanding / Rebecca Renwick, Ivan Brown, & Dennis Raphael -- My quality of life as I see it / Robert Groulx, Robert Doré, & Louise Doré -- Quality of life: a personal perspective from Finland / Sami Helle -- The universal power of speaking for oneself / Nancy Ward -- The quality-of-life paradigm in the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium: people with mental retardation finally stand up for themselves / Geert Van Hove & Patrick Schelfhout -- AHVA: a self-help organization for the improvement of quality of life of people with disabilities / Tibi Goldman -- Perspectives on quality of life: the Brazilian experience / Silvana Maria Russo Watson, Ana Maria Barreira, & Timothy C. Watson -- Work life and opinions of people with mental retardation in Japan / Akio Tachi -- Quality of life of people with mental retardation living in two environments in Poland / Wojciech Otrębski -- The multifocal approach and quality-of-life content in the treatment of people with dual diagnosis / Nehama T. Baum -- Quality of life of aging institutionalized people with mental retardation in Japan / Akiie Henry Ninomiya -- Quality of life of people with mental retardation in Spain: one organization's experience / Javier Elorriaga ... [et al.] -- People with mental retardation of Curaçao: developing toward better times / Jennifer Denise James -- Quality of life and organizational change leadership / John Lobley -- The social construction of quality of life: the interpersonal production of well-being revisited / Mark Rapley -- Engagement in activity as an indicator of quality of life in British research / David Felce -- Lakota quality of life: Mitakuye Oyasin / Lilah Morton Pengra -- Quality of life of individuals with disabilities in Taiwan / Hung-Chih Lin -- People with disabilities in Russia: progress and prospects / Judy Smith-Davis -- Improving quality of life in India: challenges and emerging concerns / Sushil Kumar Goel -- Themes affecting social inclusion of individuals with disabilities in Brazil / Silvana Maria Russo Watson -- Cultural contributions to quality of life in France / Marie José Schmitt -- Quality of life for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in Spain: the present zeitgeist / Miguel A. Verdugo -- Improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in least affluent countries: insights from Guyana / Roy McConkey & Brian O'Toole -- The right to be treated as a human being: a Finnish perspective on quality of life / Leena M. Matikka -- The rights and social inclusion of people with mental retardation in Argentina / Diego González Castanón & Monica González Buján -- Quality of life of people with developmental disabilities in Italy: a note on legal foundations / Giorgio Albertini -- Quality of life and social inclusion / Patricia Noonan Walsh -- The concept of quality of life in the United States: current research and application / Robert L. Schalock & Kenneth D. Keith -- Quality of life: challenges and confrontation / Roy I. Brown -- Cross-cultural perspectives on quality of life: trends and themes / Kenneth D. Keith & Robert L. Schalock.
Subject People with mental disabilities -- Cross-cultural studies.
Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies.
Persons with Mental Disabilities.
Quality of Life.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Intellectual Disability.
Added Author Keith, Kenneth D.
Schalock, Robert L.
ISBN 0940898705
9780940898707
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