Wim Graafland, T Theo J Pleizier, Theo A Boer, A Stef Groenewoud
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Abstract
There is a growing public support for medical interventions at the End of Life (EoL), such as euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (EPAS) and palliative sedation (PS). This paper explores pastors' views and their pastoral care on the place of EPAS and PS and uses a 2.556 pastors' survey. Whereas only 38% were in favour of EPAS, more than 90% could justify PS. This paper analyses the differences in pastors' attitudes regarding EPAS versus PS.
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JPCP Inc,is a non-profit corporation registered in the U.S. state of Georgia in 1994. JPCP Inc advances theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications. JPCP Inc’s primary publication is The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective literature on pastoral and spiritual care, counseling, psychotherapy, education, and research. JPC&C began in 1947 as The Journal of Pastoral Care.