title: [Coping with illness and the process of dying].
abstract: Coping with illness and the process of dying can be interpreted as an antinomy for a physician's work from ancient times. Successful coping is targeted by definition--at least implicitly--on preserving human life at the best quality possible. On the contrary, the process of dying leading to an individual's death remains out of scope. The aim of our study is to describe present concepts concerning the process of dying and successful coping with illness (i.e., with cancer) in order to look for the specific place of competent medical attendance and terminal care within this context.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie-Psychoonkologische Sprechstunde und Arbeitsgruppe Qualitätssicherung, Klinikum der Philipps-Universität Marburg. Wolfgang.Schreiber@med.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: Jürgen-Christian
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Krieg
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*