Palliative care

The mouth — a highly sensitive area of care

The mouth — a highly sensitive area of care By Angelika Hecht Angelika Hecht explains hospice and palliative mouth care as a deeply intimate and important field of care. The mouth and nose contain far

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Death, dying, “assisted dying” and palliative care — what does that have to do with me?

Death, dying, “assisted dying” and palliative care — what does that have to do with me? By Dr. Anja Stöbener Dr. Anja Stöbener addresses conversations with adolescents and young adults about a subject

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Built on (shipping) sand

Built on (shipping) sand By Christian Redmann Christian Redmann argues that fast and uncomplicated access to urgently needed medication is a cornerstone of pharmaceutical care. In Germany this depends

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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

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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

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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-

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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