Autores e Biografia

Cardoso Júnior, Welton (Autor) , Cardoso, Berta Leni Costa (Autor) , Nunes, Cláudio Pinto (Autor)

Sumário

Introduction .................................................... 13
CHAPTER I – Quality of Life (QoL) and education ...... 17
1.1 Epistemology, Discourse, Th eories and Approaches to
Quality of Life ........................................................................ 21
1.2 The Dialectical-Historical Materialism Method in QoL
analysis ............................................................................ 27
CHAPTER II – Quality of Life (QoL), health and
getting ill ......................................................35
2.1 Health factors and indicators for QoL ............................. 47
2.1.1 Th e Cardiovascular Factor ........................................ 48
2.1.2 Physical Activity Level ............................................... 49
2.1.3 Eating Habits ............................................................ 50
2.1.4 Th e Sleep Habit Factor .............................................. 51
2.1.5 The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Psychoactive Drug
Consumption Factor .......................................................... 52
2.1.6 Th e Stress Level Factor ............................................... 53
2.1.7 Body Mass Index (BMI) ............................................ 54
2.1.8 Health Indicators ....................................................... 55
2.1.9 Economic Indicators – Income .................................. 56
2.1.10 Social Indicators – HDI .......................................... 57
2.2 Quality of life and lifestyle .............................................. 58
CHAPTER III – Quality of Work Life (QWL) .................. 63
3.1 QWL, Globalization, New Technologies and Careers ...... 69
3.2 Gender and Quality of Work Life .................................... 73
CHAPTER IV – Quality of life (QoL) and society .......... 79
4.1 Culture, Leisure, and Spirituality for QoL ....................... 81
4.2 Quality of Life and Sustainability .................................... 85
Human emancipation paths .................................... 91
References .............................................................. 95