Tag: Death and grief
Euthanasia: A commitment to protecting life and health is needed
Guest article by Karl H. Beine People have been arguing about suicide ever since they got into the habit of evaluating the lives of others. Sometimes the value of life…
Euthanasia: A commitment to protecting life and health is needed
Guest article by Karl H. Beine People have been arguing about suicide ever since they got into the habit of evaluating the lives of others. Sometimes the value of life…
“The desire for euthanasia must be examined intensively” – Health
A Berlin doctor has been sentenced to three years in prison for assisting a woman with depression in her suicide. Psychiatrist Ute Lewitzka discusses the difficult question of the extent…
Why are we afraid of death? Interview with the ethicist Rupert Scheule – Bavaria
Rupert Scheule founded the first study course on death at the University of Regensburg. Since the winter semester of 2021, master’s students have been able to research dying in the…
Schauspielhaus Bochum: “Grief is the thing with feathers” – Culture
The crow doesn’t want to and doesn’t want to walk or flutter away. She screams and poops on the stage. She holds a question time with the audience. She encourages…
Munich: Opening of the Star House, a refuge for young mourners – Munich
When the husband and father of her then five-year-old son died more than a year ago, it came as no surprise. “My husband was sick for a very long time,”…
Medical ethics: Should people be allowed to die before they suffer?
Many people consider avoiding dementia or frailty as they age with the help of a lethal drug. Why these thoughts should be taken seriously. source site
Didier Eribon with Ulrich Matthes at the Lit.Cologne: Those in need of care have no lobby culture
At the Lit.Cologne, seconded by Ulrich Matthes, Didier Eribon called for a lobby for the elderly, those in need of care and the dying. It’s not immediately noticeable because the…
Children’s books about death and dying: What is green and is in the coffin? – Culture
Gripping, fearless and yes, also funny: two books for young readers tackle the difficult topic of dying. When a society doesn’t want to talk about something openly, it develops euphemisms.…
Fear is not her feeling: Film producer Regina Ziegler turns 80 – media
This is the story of someone who, shortly before her birth, was buried in the Berlin air raid shelter with her mother and sister for four days. And the mother…