Chapter VI of the Manual of Catholic Medical Ethics edited by Dr Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk, Dr L.J.M. Hendriks and Prof F.J. van Ittersum.
Introduction Dying with dignity appears to be an ambiguous concept. It is used to argue that life-ending is impermissible: deliberately hastening the end of life in this sense goes against the dignity of human life in itself and is therefore an undignified way of dying. The concept of dying with dignity is equally used by …
2.1.1 History and current situation Among people who feel their end of life approaching and also among their bystanders, the thought not infrequently arises that perhaps it would be better if suffering would not last too long. In contemporary terms, one then says that the quality of life has become very poor after all. Since …
