Dignity in dying

Tomasz Dzierżanowski; Józef Binnebesel

doi:10.5114/pm.2019.93183

eISSN: 2081-2833
ISSN: 2081-0016

Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

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Dignity in dying

Tomasz Dzierżanowski

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Józef Binnebesel

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Pracownia Medycyny Paliatywnej, Zakład Medycyny Społecznej i Zdrowia Publicznego, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny

Katedra Rewalidacji, Resocjalizacji i Opieki Długoterminowej, Wydział Filozofii i Nauk Społecznych, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

Medycyna Paliatywna 2019; 11(4): 156–162

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2019.93183

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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Dignity in dying

Tomasz Dzierżanowski 1 , Józef Binnebesel 2

dignity, suffering, dying, death

Tomasz Dzierżanowski

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,

Józef Binnebesel

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