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The Concept of Happiness in Oriental Thought and Its Significance in Clinical Medicine

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Japanese and Western Bioethics

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“Quality of life” has become an important notion in clinical research. According to the international medical database “Mediline,” the number of articles that have “quality of life” as a keyword have increased from 370 per year in 1983 to 1130 per year in 1993. The Japanese medical database “Japana Centra Revno Medicina” shows an even more dramatic increase: 440 articles per year in 1993 in contrast with 23 articles per year in 1987. This growing interest in the concept of quality of life involves a variety of medical fields, such as the treatment of cancer patients, care for psychiatric patients, care for the elderly, etc.

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  1. Department of Ethics and Anthropology School of International Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Akira Akabayashi

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  1. International Bioethics Research Center, Institute of Religion and Culture, Kyoto Women’s University, Kyoto, Japan

    Kazumasa Hoshino

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Akabayashi, A. (1997). The Concept of Happiness in Oriental Thought and Its Significance in Clinical Medicine. In: Hoshino, K. (eds) Japanese and Western Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8895-9_14

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