NSE 21A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chronic Condition, Life Satisfaction, Longitudinal Study
14 Mar 2020
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General well being nobody wants to live a life that doesn"t have quality (dictionary definitions) Contextual and fluid/dynamic; qol changes; it"s not static and not frozen in time; impacted by contxt ( ie: qol before exams and qol during summer) Developmental considerations/stage of life; qol wil change with age ( different important aspects will influence the person"s qol;) Intertwined with health and other factors: subjective and objective components; it"s subjective ( engaging with their own lives-) ; Sdoh are objective components for qol ( social determinants of health: multi-dimensional with related terms and components. Philosophical human existence good life r/t looking at a spiritual life perspective. Ethical sanctity of life-ie: maid being available an option, abortion as an option. Economic economic growth, gnp, rise in life expectancy; ie: scandinavian countries (ie: sweden and norway) having highest quality of life ( based on standard of living, wages, child care, life expectancy, poverty, housing etc)
