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A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970The Doctor as an Emotional and Spiritual Caregiver

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: The Doctor as an Emotional and Spiritual Caregiver [This brief chapter focusses on the role of the physician as a provider of emotional and spiritual support at the deathbed. Nineteenth-century works on “euthanasia medica” considered this an important aspect of terminal care. This conviction heightened frictions between physicians and priests at the deathbed, however. Providing solace and spiritual support had long been considered the domain of the clergy. Now, some medical authors criticized the priests for their lack of humanity instead, claiming that the priests, in their zeal to save the patients’ souls, sometimes massively increased their suffering, by threatening the dying with damnation or constantly shouting into their ears, to keep them conscious and less prone to fall prey to the Devil’s temptations.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970The Doctor as an Emotional and Spiritual Caregiver

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 123)
Stolberg, Michael
A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970 — Apr 29, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-54177-8
Pages
113 –116
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-54178-5_7
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[This brief chapter focusses on the role of the physician as a provider of emotional and spiritual support at the deathbed. Nineteenth-century works on “euthanasia medica” considered this an important aspect of terminal care. This conviction heightened frictions between physicians and priests at the deathbed, however. Providing solace and spiritual support had long been considered the domain of the clergy. Now, some medical authors criticized the priests for their lack of humanity instead, claiming that the priests, in their zeal to save the patients’ souls, sometimes massively increased their suffering, by threatening the dying with damnation or constantly shouting into their ears, to keep them conscious and less prone to fall prey to the Devil’s temptations.]

Published: Apr 29, 2017

Keywords: Pastoral Care; Spiritual Care; Spiritual Support; Terminal Care; Anonymous Author

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