TY - CHAP AU - Rafaela Macedo Pires Ferreira AU - Eriko Bruno Costa Barros AU - Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira ED - Floriana Irtelli ED - Federico Durbano ED - Simon George Taukeni Y1 - 2020-05-01 PY - 2020 T1 - Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics of Living Conditions of Elderly Quilombolas from Maranhão, Northeast Region, Brazil N2 - This book is a collection of chapters addressing various aspects of quality of life and health psychology from a biopsychosocial perspective. Chapters cover crucial issues, both clinical and social. Starting with an analysis of the concept of quality of life as it is described by the World Health Organization, subsequent chapters of the book examine the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual issues related to the concept. The book explores how health, climate, psychiatric diseases, and social conditions of specific geographical areas can impact quality of life. BT - Quality of Life SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91315 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.91315 SN - 978-1-78985-208-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -