1998 年 63 巻 513 号 p. 309-310
The answers to Ikeda's questions are as follows. 1) The purpose of methodology in my paper is to put to the test the methods which include Ikeda's method to understand the features of interaction between patient and his family under palliative care and physical environment in Palliative Care Unit. As a result, the opssibilities and limits of the methods are confirmed. 2) Some inappropriate expressions on references in the previous paper are corrected.