title: [Ethics of delivering the message of impending death].
abstract: Two questions are discussed: 1. our relation to death. Contrary to the saying "shadows of the death" and to it's modern concealment this contribution states: death gives light: it enables to be conscious of one's self and to bow to the inevitable, it shows the valuables of earthly and mortal beings, and even allows us to hope. 2. Solidarity in the situation of death. This situation means the experience of being abandoned and in the same time the challenge to release the other (and to allow him to live [respectively to go]). Against the ego-centralizing power of pain and dread especially the dying needs aid--only to face to (the "hour of") truth. The decisive help is the helper: his being there and remaining by under the common fate.
authors.affiliation: Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt/M.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Splett
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure