Challenges in pastoral care practice in euthanasia

A concept mapping study among Dutch protestant pastors

Bibliographic Data

ID12095936
AuthorsWim Graafland (0000-0001-5210-4192, Protestant Theological University, Groningen, Netherlands, corresponding author), Theo Pleizier (0000-0001-6304-0358, Protestant Theological University), T Theo J Pleizier (Protestant Theological University), Theo A Boer (0000-0002-0026-7974, Protestant Theological University), A Stef Groenewoud (Department of Health Care Ethics, Theological University Kampen/Utrecht, Kampen, Netherlands), Stef Groenewoud (0000-0001-5919-4856, Theological University Utrecht)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue10
Pages1104-1114
Publication date2023-01-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481187.2023.2168795
OpenAlexW4317567666
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This study explores the various difficulties that protestant pastors experience in the context of care for parishioners with a wish for euthanasia. In a reproducible and non-subjective way, using the concept mapping method, we cluster and rank-order 600 elements that pastors had mentioned as “difficult in caring for parishioners with a death wish” in an earlier survey study. The three clusters of items ranked as most difficult are connected with inappropriate care, doubts whether euthanasia in specific circumstances is justified, and disagreements between pastor and parishioner, including the emotional burden arising from those disagreements

Context (archaeology · Political science · Protestantism · Sociology · Wish · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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