Building the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

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When I began thinking about writing this introduction, about what readers might want to know concerning the history, aims, scope and structure of the first ever Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (EQOLWR), it occurred to me almost immediately that I had never read the introduction of any encyclopedia.

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Michalos, A.C. (2017). Building the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. In: Connecting the Quality of Life Theory to Health, Well-being and Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51161-0_16

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