title: [Quality of life and fate].
abstract: While the term "happiness of life", the "eudaimonia" of the greek philosophers, includes the good as such and therefore a metaphysical and moral component, the modern term of the "quality of life" is wholly defined by the criteria of a person's functional capacity and subjective wellbeing. The doctor's orientation by these criteria meets its limits, where he is confronted with fatality. This shows that we cannot really comprehend the quality of life without man's fundamental task of mastering his fate.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrischen Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spaemann
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010819:Physician's Role; D011788:Quality of Life; D012803:Sick Role
vernacular_title: Lebensqualität und Schicksal.