Qualitative Methoden haben sich bei der Erforschung von Gesundheit und Krankheit inzwischen fest etabliert. Der Band bietet einen Überblick über die aktuelle Forschungslandschaft und setzt sich mit den Erkenntnischancen einer qualitativen interdisziplinären Gesundheitsforschung auseinander....

Understanding who in the population is psychologically resilient in the face of major life events, and who is not, is important for policies that target reductions in disadvantage. In this paper we construct a measure of adult resilience, document its distribution, and test its predictability by...

"What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people's well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really...