title: [Care of the dying from the ethical viewpoint].
abstract: Any reflection concerning the unavoidable and painful problem of death needs a close contemplation of dignity of man going ahead. The primary arguments (compassion and the will of the sick), which are advanced in course of any discussion about euthanasia, are to be checked up - especially in respect to human consequences for all participants. Limits are set by ethical demands, which must be respected, otherwise inhumanity rules; these ethical demands are presupposed any decision, which is based on the idea, that sense of life should be realized even in the last moments of life.
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D006801:Humans; D012297:Right to Die; D013727:Terminal Care
vernacular_title: Sterbebegleitung aus ethischer Sicht.