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Due to the increasing number of elderly people inour society, there is a growing interest in providing instruments for medical treatment in the future when individuals are judged to be incompetent. The German Christian churches addressed this need by issuing a joint new document on "Christian H...

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Published in:Theologische Quartalschrift
Main Author: Bormann, Franz-Josef 1965- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Schwabenverl. 2013
In: Theologische Quartalschrift
Year: 2013, Volume: 193, Issue: 1, Pages: [81]-95
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Patient's testament / Medical ethics / Moral theology
IxTheo Classification:NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
SB Catholic Church law
Further subjects:B Medicine
B Ethics
B Law
B Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
B Death
B Deutsche Bibliothekskonferenz
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Summary:Due to the increasing number of elderly people inour society, there is a growing interest in providing instruments for medical treatment in the future when individuals are judged to be incompetent. The German Christian churches addressed this need by issuing a joint new document on "Christian Health Care Provisions" in 2011. This article illuminates the doctrinal background as well as the strengths and weaknesses of this text from ethical perspective
ISSN:0342-1430
Contains:In: Theologische Quartalschrift