“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 ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Religions, Vol 12, Iss 672, p 672 (2021) |
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MDPI AG
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Schlagwörter: | spiritual care / physician-assisted dying / secular chaplaincy / humanist spiritual care / The Netherlands / euthanasia / Religions. Mythology. Rationalism / BL1-2790 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29173949 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090672 |