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Issues » 2017/4 - ERIS Journal - Summer 2017 »

Quality of Life and Well-Being – Tasks for Social Work?

Christian Spatscheck

Abstract:
Social work refers to the concept of well-being in its Global Definition. Yet social work as discipline and profession has yet to fully discover the existing concepts and empirical research on quality of life and well-being. This article aims to reflect and systematize the main developments and approaches to define quality of life and well-being. Finally, it provides first considerations of what this new knowledge base could offer to social work theory and practice.

Keywords:
quality of life, well-being, social work, good life, ethical aspects

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