„Das ist das Leben? Ich will sterben!“

• Autorzy: Michael Alban Grimm
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Using the method of narrative bioethics, this article analyzes Julian Schnabel’s film “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (USA/France 2007), the story of the French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was trapped in his body as the result of a cerebral infarction (Locked-in-syndrome). The ethical themes of the film are identified and evaluated as part of a public ethical discourse: euthanasia, search for identity in the disturbing experience of desease, care and compassion, spirituality and religion as dimensions of an illness narration. The results are connected with experiences of health care chaplaincy in a neurological clinic. Working with “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” in an ethical training could help doctors, nurses and therapists to reflect their care interactions and sensitize them to the dignity of neurological patients. Thereby the call for euthanasia can be reduced.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

euthanasia; Locked-in-Syndrom; narrative bioethics; film “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; spirituality; neurological clinic; dignity; neurological patients

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 6
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 259-287

Daty

wydano

2014-12-01

online

2015-01-27

Twórcy

autor

Michael Alban Grimm

• Dr. theol. Pastoralreferent, Katholischer Klinikseelsorger an der Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik. Adresse: Am Viktorstift 32, D- 55130 Mainz,

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/ress-2014-0120