“If Only I Could Start All over…” A Case Study of Spiritual Care Provision to a Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder Requesting Physician-Assisted Dying in The Netherlands

In a growing number of countries, legislation permits physicians—under strict conditions—to grant a request for physician-assisted dying (PAD). Legally allowing for the possibility of granting such a request is in accordance with central humanistic values such as respect for autonomy and self-determination. The Netherlands is one of few countries where severe suffering from a psychiatric illness qualifies as a ground for a request for PAD. Central in this article is a case description of spiritual care provision in the Netherlands by a humanist healthcare chaplain to a patient requesting PAD b... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Carmen Schuhmann
Marianne C. Snijdewind
Lisa van Duijvenbooden
Geert E. Smid
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Religions, Vol 12, Iss 672, p 672 (2021)
Verlag/Hrsg.: MDPI AG
Schlagwörter: spiritual care / physician-assisted dying / secular chaplaincy / humanist spiritual care / The Netherlands / euthanasia / Religions. Mythology. Rationalism / BL1-2790
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090672