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Levels of Life
Levels of Life By Thomas Achenbach Thomas Achenbach reviews Julian Barnes’s Levels of Life , describing it as perhaps the best book ever written about grief. It is not a textbook or advice manual, but
Thomas Achenbach4 minJune 2026 - Rezension3|17
Burnout and burnout prevention in palliative care
Burnout and burnout prevention in palliative care This review presents Nadine Lexa’s book on burnout and burnout prevention in palliative care. It explains that palliative and hospice work has lost it
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion2 minJune 2026 - Burnout3|17
How much dying and death is bearable?
How much dying and death is bearable? By Nadine Lexa Nadine Lexa discusses the growing burden on staff and volunteers in palliative care despite seemingly ideal working conditions. People working in p
Nadine Lexa5 minJune 2026 - Philosophie3|17
Philosophical aspects of the medical conversation
Philosophical aspects of the medical conversation By Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer reflects on the medical conversation as the constitutive feature of the doctor-
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer7 minJune 2026 - Thema3|17
Final Twilight of the Gods
Final Twilight of the Gods By Manuel Stark Manuel Stark tells the story of Elisabeth and Roland Friedrich, a couple who spent a lifetime together and married only at the very end. The piece opens at E
Manuel Stark7 minJune 2026 - Kommunikation3|17
Idiolectics and methodical immoralism
Idiolectics and methodical immoralism By Dr. Hans Hermann Ehrat Dr. Hans Hermann Ehrat introduces “methodical immoralism” through Eugen Drewermann’s image of psychotherapy and pastoral care as a form
Dr. med. Hans Hermann Ehrat3 minJune 2026 - Farb- und Materialgestaltung3|17
Living and dying spaces
Living and dying spaces By Eva Höschl Eva Höschl examines how colour, material and spatial design can support people in palliative care. The article begins with her personal experience of accompanying
Eva Höschl9 minJune 2026 - Vorwort3|17
Foreword
Foreword Dear readers, Christian Redmann introduces this issue with a reflection on pharmaceutical patient care as one of the core competencies of local pharmacists. In ordinary pharmacy practice this
Christian Redmann2 minJune 2026 - Der Fall2|17
First judgment against overtreatment at the end of life
First judgment against overtreatment at the end of life By Matthias Thöns Matthias Thöns reports on a legal case concerning an 82-year-old nursing home resident with advanced dementia who had been fed
Matthias Thöns7 minJune 2026 - Feedback2|17
Readers’ opinions
Readers’ opinions This section collects feedback from readers. The ErzgebirgsHospiz Erlabrunn praises COLUMBA for its interesting, understandable topics, experience reports and appealing layout, and e
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion2 minJune 2026 - In eigener Sache2|17
Max, his grandpa and Columba
Max, his grandpa and Columba Before Easter, the Palliativ-Portal raffled ten copies of the children’s book Max, sein Opa und Columba on its Facebook page. Many people explained why they wanted to read
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion1 minJune 2026 - Spende2|17
Donation to the German Children’s Palliative Foundation
Donation to the German Children’s Palliative Foundation From the sale of Palliativ-Portal mugs, dove cushions with CD and the children’s book Max, sein Opa und Columba , the Palliativ-Portal generated
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion1 minJune 2026 - Erfahrungsbericht2|17
Hypnosis in palliative medicine
Hypnosis in palliative medicine By Klaus Ulbrich Klaus Ulbrich presents an experiential report on hypnosis in palliative care. He makes clear that hypnosis is not a miracle cure, especially not in adv
Klaus Ulbrich10 minJune 2026 - Reflexion2|17
Dying and death in everyday medical practice
Dying and death in everyday medical practice By Anna Maas Anna Maas reflects on experiences from palliative medicine and hospice work within the context of a philosophical seminar on dying and death i
Anna Maas4 minJune 2026 - Gastbeitrag2|17
Grief is a matter for leadership
Grief is a matter for leadership By Thomas Achenbach Thomas Achenbach argues that every company should have an emergency folder for cases of grief — not only when an employee dies, but also when an em
Thomas Achenbach4 minJune 2026
