[Misunderstandings on concepts life and quality of life].
The rationale of this work is to indicate some of the ethical and anthropological conceptions that, to my understanding, underlie present day medicine when more relevance is granted to the quality of life than to life itself.
Roqué Sánchez
María Victoria
MV
Cièncias de la Salut, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Josep Trueta, s/n 08195, San Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona). vroque@csc.uic.es
D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011788:Quality of Life; D026712:Value of Life