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    STUDIA BIOETHICA - Issue no. 2 / 2011  
         
  Article:   CONCEPT OF "QUALITY OF LIFE" AND ITS RELEVANCE IN CURRENT BIOETHICS DEBATE / CONCEPTUL DE “CALITATE A VIEŢII” ŞI RELEVANŢA ACESTUIA ÎN DEZBATEREA BIOETICĂ ACTUALĂ.

Authors:  MARIA ALUAȘ. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The central concepts of quality of life were constructed at the beginning not by bioethicists but by economists, sociologists or psychologists. Only recently have this concept received attention in the bioethical literature. This paper will argue that an important discussion in bioethical debate between the concept of quality of life and the concept of sanctity of life. Quality of life is conceived that directly conflicts with illness and disability, in particular with the reduction of health care for people with disabilities because of their low quality of life. Quality of life began the basis of evaluation of our future life and it could arrive at the conclusion in which a disabled person’s life would be worth not living.

Keywords: Quality of life, Sanctity of life, Disability, Human dignity 		 
         
     
         
         
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