The Concept “Quality of Life” from a Heideggerian Phenomenological Perspective By

Abstract

To use phenomenology congruently, the philosophical backgroundmust be understood as well as the adaptation of the philosophicalbasis to research in the caring sciences. This paper philosophized one of the emerging concept which focus on the care of patients with chronic diseases; which is "quality of life†(QoL) from the Heideggerian phenomenological perspective and also discussed the concept Quality of Life, then found the similarities between Heideggerian phenomenology and the concept Quality of Life. QOL is a human experience, which is unique to each person's set of circumstances. It encompasses each person's way of being, and how they give and derive meaning from their everyday practices. The most appropriate methodology to gain such understanding about QOL is interpretive phenomenology. Thus, I confirm that the QOL can be studied as a research by using a qualitative approach. Nursing deal with illness because illness is a human experience, and both QOL and interpretive phenomenology deals with ontology and deal with the patient as a whole.