ID - 131668157 TI - Alleviating world suffering : the challenge of negative quality of life PY - 2017 SN - 9783319513911 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - General ethics KW - Qualitative methods in social research KW - Sociology KW - Social policy KW - Pharmacology. Therapy KW - sociologie KW - farmacologie KW - duurzaamheid KW - ethiek KW - analgesie KW - pijn KW - levenskwaliteit KW - armoede KW - welzijnsbeleid KW - sociaal beleid KW - Quality of life. KW - Ethics. KW - Social policy. KW - Pain medicine. KW - Sociology. KW - Quality of Life Research. KW - Social Policy. KW - Pain Medicine. KW - Sociology, general. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131668157 AB - This is the first volume on the subject of the alleviation of world suffering. At the same time it is also the first book framing the fields of global socio-economic development, world health, human rights, peace studies, sustainability, and poverty within the challenge of alleviating suffering and improving quality of life. Both international studies and global development have become specialized and fragmented, whereas this work assembles all of these development fragments together in order to determine whether common ground exists to make headway in reducing global suffering. Leading experts in these various fields of development and suffering have been recruited worldwide to give scholarly assessments of the major human problems and how they can be successfully tackled. ER -