"Anyone seeking to identify potentially useful disease-specific measures for their study will find this a good starting point." Quality of Life Research Praise for the first edition: "...text that is remarkably detailed and comprehensive in its coverage of a range of quality of life measures...Bowli[...]

What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical literature and presents the views of a national sample of people aged sixty- five years or older. It offers [...]

"A timely and welcome contribution to the research on loneliness and kindred phenomena". (Lars Andersson, "International Journal of Ageing and Later Life", 2010). Developments to the physical environment, scientific and technological innovation, the reorganisation of work and leisure and the impact [...]

"The new edition of Research Methods in Health continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the subject. New or expanded sections, for example on the evaluation of complex interventions, mixed research methods, life history interviews, and socio-psychological theories make this thir[...]