This handbook provides students of quality-of-life (QOL) research with
an understanding of how QOL research can be conducted from an ethical
marketing perspective - a perspective based on positive social change.
The handbook covers theoretical, philosophical, and measurement issues
in QOL research. The handbook also approaches selected QOL studies in
relation to various populations in various life domains. The marketing
approach is highly pragmatic because it allows social and behavioral
scientists from any discipline to apply marketing concepts to plan
social change and assess the impact of intervention strategies on the
QOL of targeted populations.