An unusual point of view.
To mention the word God in conjunction with a well defined professional discipline seems rather strange in a secularized and science-informed society. Based on my own lived experience with human beings, whom I was able to accompany in living and in dying, I would yet dare to apply such a provocative point of view for some thoughts.
Eine deutsche Fassung des Eintrags gibt es hier zu lesen: Palliative Care als Gottes Dienst?
Palliative Care is a young, but nowadays recognized medical specialty that prides itself for working inter-disciplinary and for putting people’s comprehensive needs at the core of its practice. Why do these aspects have to be highlighted so much? Is it not absolutely self-evident to the average person and the affected? Would it be possible to conclude from this emphasis that the other medical specialties were too special to work inter-disciplinay? Continue reading “Palliative Care as form of worship?”
In einer säkularisierten und wissenschafts-orientierten Gesellschaft scheint es eher ungewohnt, im Zusammenhang mit einer gut definierten Fachdisziplin, das Wort Gott in den Mund zu nehmen. Aus meiner Erfahrung mit Menschen, die ich im Leben und im Sterben begleiten durfte, möchte ich es trotzdem wagen, einen solch provokativen Blickwinkel als Ausgangspunkt für einige Gedanken zu nutzen.