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Palliative medicine: medical specialty and philosophical concept of humanity
Palliative medicine: medical specialty and philosophical concept of humanity Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer reflects on palliative medicine as both a specialized medical discipline and a concept of
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer6 minJune 2026 - COLUMBA informiert2|17
COLUMBA informs: Here for you
COLUMBA informs: Here for you This section explains that since the first issue of COLUMBA in February 2016, readers have repeatedly asked the editorial team to take up certain topics. Many authors hav
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion4 minJune 2026 - Kolumne2|17
Drops that fall into nothingness
Drops that fall into nothingness By Juliane Uhl Juliane Uhl writes from a monastery where she has withdrawn for a few days to think about the meaning of life and the noise of the world. The enclosed m
Juliane Uhl5 minJune 2026 - Thema2|17
Comprehensive palliative care in inpatient children’s and youth hospice work
Comprehensive palliative care in inpatient children’s and youth hospice work Esther Pfeiffer describes the work of the children’s and youth hospice Balthasar in Olpe, where children and young people w
Esther Pfeiffer8 minJune 2026 - Vorwort2|17
Foreword
Foreword Dear readers, Welcome to another issue of COLUMBA. This time, the editorial team again asks which topics may be helpful without presenting the sensitive field of dying, death and grief in a s
Dr. Jörg Cuno2 minJune 2026 - Philosophie1|17
Anthropology and humanity at the centre
Anthropology and humanity at the centre Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer explores philosophical approaches in the Western tradition and their relevance for palliative medicine. Palliative care deals
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Bohrer7 minJune 2026 - Leserbriefe4|16
Readers' opinions
Readers' opinions This section contains reader responses to COLUMBA and to articles from issue 03|2016. Mark Castens praises the magazine for addressing a difficult social topic in a versatile, close-
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion3 minJune 2026 - Trauerbegleitung4|16
Children and family grief support
Children and family grief support Martina Hosse-Dolega describes children as wonderful teachers who perceive with open eyes, ears and hearts when something is wrong. Children are close to the threshol
Martina Hosse-Dolega7 minJune 2026 - Über die Würde des Menschen4|16
When does palliative medicine begin?
When does palliative medicine begin? Antje May writes from the experience of her daughter Mascha, who suffered severe traumatic brain injury as a pedestrian at age seventeen and fell into a so-called
Antje May5 minJune 2026 - Komplementäre Pflege4|16
Acupressure to support palliative care
Acupressure to support palliative care Dorothee Wellens-Mücher presents acupressure as a complementary method for situations in which symptoms in palliative care remain difficult to regulate despite m
Dorothee Wellens-Mücher3 minJune 2026 - Begleitung4|16
Rituals in accompanying the seriously ill and dying
Rituals in accompanying the seriously ill and dying Dr. Martin Weiß describes dying and grief as experiences of uncertainty, insecurity and fragility that can push patients, relatives and bereaved peo
Dr. Martin Weiß9 minJune 2026 - Palliativ-Portal4|16
Donation cheque presented to Kinderhospiz Bärenherz Leipzig
Donation cheque presented to Kinderhospiz Bärenherz Leipzig The Palliativ-Portal team reports being deeply moved by the work of Kinderhospiz Bärenherz Leipzig e. V. At the beginning of September, they
Palliativ-Portal Redaktion1 minJune 2026 - Analyse4|16
Overtreatment at the end of life - now the hospice movement is needed
Overtreatment at the end of life - now the hospice movement is needed Matthias Thöns tells the case of Klaus, an 86-year-old former conductor with heart rhythm problems, depression, severe strokes, de
Matthias Thöns9 minJune 2026 - Kolumne4|16
What remains of us?
What remains of us? In this column, Juliane Uhl walks through a cemetery looking for the grave of a man from her hometown and asks what will remain of her generation - a generation to whom the whole w
Juliane Uhl3 minJune 2026 - Ethik4|16
Helping to kill or allowing dying?
Helping to kill or allowing dying? By Dr. Thomas Sitte Dr. Thomas Sitte begins with the death of Franz Kafka and the pain-relieving injection that likely hastened respiratory arrest. The example raise
Dr. Thomas Sitte10 minJune 2026
