Since initiating the journal Social Indicators Research in 1974, Alex C. Michalos has been a pioneer in social indicators and quality-of-life research. This col

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An anthology with the reflections of family members, nurses, physicians, and hospice workers as they care for the dying. From publisher description.

This volume contains papers presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology during a recent visit to New Zealand by Elliott Sober. Some of the pap