World suffering and quality of life. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronald E. Anderson, editor.
• Editors: Anderson, Ronald E
• Contents: Part I World Suffering: A Challenge to Humanity, Humanitarianism and Human Rights -- 1 Implications of World Suffering for Human Progress, Ronald E. Anderson -- 2 Silencing of Sexual Violence against Men in War Torn Countries, Elise Feron -- 3 Social Suffering and Critical Humanitarianism, Iain Wilkinson -- 4 Compassion, Cruelty, and Human Rights, Natan Sznaider -- 5 Making Sense of Suffering: Insights from Buddhism and Critical Social Science, Ruben Flores -- 6 Distant Suffering: The Mediation Of Humanitarian Disaster, Johannes von Engelhardt and Jeroen Jansz -- Part II Professional and Informal Caregiving -- 1 Suffering and Identity: “Difficult Patients” in Hospice Care, Cindy L. Cain -- 2 Healing Suffering: The Evolution of Caring Practices, Nancy E. Johnston -- 3 Meaning in Bereavement, Robert A. Neimeyer -- 4 Coping with the Suffering of Ambiguous Loss, Pauline Boss -- 5 Social Suffering and an Approach to Professionals’ Burnout, Graciela Tonon, Lía Rodriguez de la Vega, and Inés Aristegui -- 6 The Invisible Suffering of HIV and AIDS Caregivers in Botswana, Gloria Jacques -- 7 Loneliness as Social Suffering: Social Participation, Quality Of Life, and Chronic Stroke, Narelle Warren and Darshini Ayton -- Part III Quality of Life: Global, Community, and Personal -- 1 Child Well-being and Child Suffering, Kenneth Land, Vicki Lamb, and Qiang Fu -- 2 Felt-Suffering and its Social Variations in China, Yangie Bian and Jing Shen -- 3 Suffering Ailments and Addiction Problems in the Family, Mariano Rojas -- 4 Suffering and Good Society analysis across African countries, Ferdi Botha -- 5 Lifetime Suffering and Capabilities in Chile, Francisca Dussaillant and Pablo Gonzalez -- 6 Shame, Humiliation and Isolation: Missing Dimensions of Poverty Analysis and Suffering, China Mills and Diego Zavaleta -- Part IV Suffering and Community: Online and offline contexts -- 1 The Cultural Geography of Community Suffering, Daina Cheyenne Harvey -- 2 Social organization of suffering and justice-seeking in a tragic day care fire disaster, Eric C. Jones and Arthur D. Murphy -- 3 Community Quality of Life indicators to avoid tragedies, Rhonda Phillips -- 4 Community Action to Alleviate Suffering from Racism: The Role of Religion and Caring Capital in Small City USA, Meg Wilkes Karraker -- 5 Suffering in Online Interactions, Katrin Döveling & Katrin Wasgien -- 6 Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Suffering, Laura Robinson -- 7 Iconography of Suffering in Social Media: Images of Sitting Girls, Anna Johansson & Hans Sternudd -- Part V Research and Policy Challenges for the Future -- 1 The Neurosociology of Social Rejection and Suffering, David D. Franks -- 2 Collaborative Humanitarianism: Information Networks that Reduce Suffering, Louis-Marie Ngamassi Tchouakeu and Andrea H. Tapia -- 3 A New Method For Measuring and Analyzing Suffering–Comparing Suffering in Italian Society, Marco Fattore and Filomena Maggino -- 4 The Micropolitics of Suffering, Ara Francis and Daina Cheyenne Harvey -- 5 Emotions, empathy and the choice to alleviate suffering, Caitlin O. Mahoney & Laura M. Harder -- 6 How Suffering Challenges our Future, Ronald E Anderson.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht [The Netherlands] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306; Social sciences; Quality of life; Suffering; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services; Quality of life; Suffering; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Medical -- Public Health; Ethics & moral philosophy; Political economy; Personal & public health; Quality of Life_xResearch; Ethics; Social policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social issues & processes; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401796705; 9401796696; 9789401796699
• Related ISBNs: 940179670X; 9789401796699
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Feb. 9, 2015).
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