Ethics of delivering the message of impending death
Splett, J.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 124(8): 710-715
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 10488540 Document Number: 500369
Two questions are discussed: 1. our relation to death. Contrary to the saying "shadows of the death" and to it's modern concealment this contribution states: death gives light: it enables to be conscious of one's self and to bow to the inevitable, it shows the valuables of earthly and mortal beings, and even allows us to hope. 2. Solidarity in the situation of death. This situation means the experience of being abandoned and in the same time the challenge to release the other (and to allow him to live ). Against the ego-centralizing power of pain and dread especially the dying needs aid--only to face to (the "hour of") truth. The decisive help is the helper: his being there and remaining by under the common fate.