PALLIATIVE CARE ‒ THE ALTERNATIVE TO EUTHANASIA
PALLIATIVE CARE ‒ THE ALTERNATIVE TO EUTHANASIA
Author(s): Sorin-Grigore VulcănescuSubject(s): Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: palliative care; euthanasia; life; death; Christianity;
Summary/Abstract: I believe that better education about palliative care (PC) and its more intensive and widespread use, followed by the continued development of palliative medicine, are superior to any type of assisted dying. In this study I present the Christian alternative, the practical alternative to euthanasia and other options for ending earthly life, insisting on PC. It is the real, viable and acceptable example of easy death, with a Christian origin and mission, as opposed to the expansion of assisted death services, which have entered a process of de-Christianization, dissolution and discredit.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa
- Issue Year: LXIX/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 57-72
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English