Fighting disease and accepting dying
Authors:
V. Dobiáš
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitře
; Life Star Emergency, s. r. o. v Bratislavě
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 16, 2005, č. 5, s. 272-273
Category:
Ethics
Overview
This ethics essay is dedicated to the attitudes of the late Pope John Paul II who, aware of the inevitability of his own demise, chose to die in the home environment and refused mechanical ventilation.
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