["A view of euthanasie" by Ohgai Mori: A viewpoint on the quality of life].
Ohgai's "A view of Euthanasie" opens, as is well-known, with the defining line, "Euthanasie" means peaceful repose. The true meaning of this noteworthy medical essay, as we are now convinced, is not merely a guiding principle in "Euthanasie" - that is, the aspiration for a painless, peaceful death, as it was used in the clinical medical science of Japan in the earliest stage of modern times. Rather, we should understand that Ohgai wished to argue in detail and enlighten us upon the Quality of Life in its true meaning and how it could be realized and maintained in the practical nursing of patients in the terminal stage of life.This interpretation of Ohgai's view allows us to understand that such affirmative and creditable medical decorum regarding the "solemn and ceremonial function of man's last moments" makes it possible to stabilize our viewpoint of the true meaning of the "Quality of Life".
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