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This chapter reviews the history of QOL in medicine and mental health, presents one possible unifying theory based on research in Social Indicators Research, and then concludes with guidelines for how this theory or any other theory can be used to guide medical/mental health assessment and treatment planning for individual patients.
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Frisch, M.B. (2012). Quality of Life Well-Being in General Medicine, Mental Health and Coaching. In: Land, K., Michalos, A., Sirgy, M. (eds) Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1_11
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