Medycyna Paliatywna

Abstract

4/2019 vol. 11
Review paper

Dignity in dying

  1. Pracownia Medycyny Paliatywnej, Zakład Medycyny Społecznej i Zdrowia Publicznego, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
  2. Katedra Rewalidacji, Resocjalizacji i Opieki Długoterminowej, Wydział Filozofii i Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Medycyna Paliatywna 2019; 11(4): 156–162
Online publish date: 2020/03/04
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Dignity is a fundamental human attribute; it is natural, unconditional, and inherent. It is protected by law, especially in ill and dying persons. The conditions of dying in dignity may be grouped into four domains: (S) acceptable level of Suffering, (A) benevolent Accompanying, (R) Responsibility for one’s own life and awareness of dying, and the (M) Meaning of life, suffering, dying, and death. Supporting in these four domains realises the postulate of a holistic approach to the ill, suffering, or dying person, and the proposed order seems meaningful because it results from the hierarchy of human needs.
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