Principles of Holistic Medicine

About the Book

This book is published by Hippocrates Scientific Publications, New Hyde Park, New York and distributed by Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada.

In concurrence with the Danish Quality of Life Survey of 10,000 residents, theories and research methods were developed through the last decade by the Quality of Life Research Center in Copenhagen. The methodological improvement and research peaked with the development of new questionnaires for generic measuring of the global quality of life (QOL), like SCREENQOL, SEQOL, QOL-5 and QOL-1. In this book you will find:

• Theories of quality of life, needs, meaning of life, existence and sexuality
• Methodology for measuring quality of life
• Global generic quality of life questionnaires
• Reflections
• Publications on quality of life during 1994-2005

About the Author

Joav Merrick, MD, DMSc, born in 1950 in Denmark is professor of child health and human development affiliated with the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging, Zusman Child Development Center, Division of Pediatrics and Community Health at the Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, the medical director of the Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Numerous publications in the field of child health and human development, rehabilitation, intellectual disability, disability, health, welfare, abuse, advocacy, quality of life and prevention. Received the Peter Sabroe Child Award for outstanding work on behalf of Danish Children in 1985 and the International LEGO-Prize ("The Children's Nobel Prize") for an extraordinary contribution towards improvement in child welfare and well-being in 1987.
E-Mail: jmerrick@internet-zahav.net
Website: www.nichd-israel.com