一、前言从医务工作者的立场来看,从珐律方面对所谓安乐死进行的研究和分析,往往给人以这样脱离实际的印象:即(一)概念地赋予安乐死以各种意义;(二)只是在所谓法律理论的性质上从一个方面出发议论事情的正当与否等等。另方面,可能由于近来“安乐死”时兴的缘故,这样的事例相继发生:辩护人方面主张什么这就是所谓安乐死啦,社会上也承认如此这般的案件。现在,站在院疗和护理的立场进行调查分析的关于所谓安乐死或者与之相类似案例的具 I. Preface From the standpoint of medical workers, the study and analysis of the so-called euthanasia on the aspect of euphemism often gives the impression that (i) euthanasia conceptually confers a variety of meanings; (ii) Only in the nature of the so-called legal theory from one aspect to discuss the legitimacy of things and so on. On the other hand, such cases may have occurred in recent times because of the recent euthanasia: what the defenders advocate is what is euthanasia, and society admits such cases as well. Now, from the standpoint of hospitalization and nursing investigation and analysis of the so-called euthanasia or a similar case