著者

重野 豊隆

出版者

日本医学哲学・倫理学会

雑誌

医学哲学 医学倫理 (ISSN:02896427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, pp.66-76, 1999-10-01 (Released:2018-02-01)

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The present paper discusses "a tendency to regard the human body as an object", in which many young students in Japan adhere to implicitly. Furthermore, medical staff also adhere to the same tendency as the students. It is the purpose of this paper to propose both restraints on the tendency. Firstly, this paper shows a implication in one's naive experience in death with dignity. Patients' aspect of the body shows two views of patients' ideas on the human body : my body as private property and the state of affairs of my body as a diseased person. Secondly, this paper criticizes medical staff for their theory that it is possible for them to interpret the patients' condition according to statistics. This theory shows that the medical staff view the body as an object of operation for them. Finally, we confirm the difficult point of the tendencey, which is that this tendency suppresses the individuality, condition and expression of the body.