#Palliative Care

Austria: Bishops reaffirm “no” to assisted suicide. “Serve life, not death!”

USA: in hospitals, the utilitarian principle threatens the elderly and the disabled

Over the past few weeks President Trump evoked the spectre of a war against an invisible enemy, and while words…

Germany: PAL, White Paper on palliative care presented in Berlin. Mr Sitte, “we do not need assisted suicide to alleviate suffering”

Alfie’s lesson to us all

The duty to protect life, to remember that every human person has inherent dignity and that life is owned by…

Switzerland: federal survey of end-of-life and palliative care. Two thirds of interviewees “have already thought of the treatment they will have”

Palliative care. Mons. Pegoraro, “the Church considers it good, ethically correct and respectful”

The release of the White Paper concluded the international conference attended by 400 experts from 38 world countries. An overview…

Cure palliative: Hassan (Qatar), “Islam non ammette eutanasia ma considera ‘molto virtuoso’ il sollievo della sofferenza”

Pope Francis: to Palliative Care Congress, “continue reflection and spread the practice”

Pope Francis: to Palliative Care Congress, “pain relief requires careful discernment and great prudence”

Palliative care: mgr. Paglia, it is not “euthanasia”, it is a “way to reduce the demand for death”. “An untreatable patient is not a terminal patient”

Swiss Bishops: specialised service in palliative care set up