The definition of quality is ‘grade of goodness’. Quality of life focuses on the individual’s perspective of their life and upon discrepancies between what is and what is desired.
The term quality of life is used when talk about the person’s life over a period of time. It also used in a variety of disciplines including economics.
The World Health Organization Quality of Life Group defined quality of life as including the individual’s perception of his or her position in life in the context of the culture and value system which they live and in relation to goals. Everyone would probably all agree that a high quality of life is better than a low one.
Yet it would be ethnocentric and inappropriate to make a judgment about the quality of life of other cultures, for example, Amazon Indians whose hunter-gatherer existence.
In recent years, people are more interested in quality of life issues now partly because increased longevity and the invention of more sophisticated force them to deal with quality of life issues more frequently.
More people are joining fitness clubs, reading health publications, retreating to spas, taking courses and joining discussion and support groups to evaluate the quality of their lives.
The meaning of quality of life
