Helle-Feldmann A
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 1995 Jul-Aug;28(4):260-3.
Paper gives the personal account by physiotherapist working in hospitals and geriatric care centers compelled to give moral assistance to old people engaged in the process of dying without being prepared for it. Moral assistance ad hoc is necessitated by compassion and by patient's struggle to come to terms with an extreme situation. To grasp the real meaning of some main topics of philosophical and theological anthropology is advocated here as a means to prepare assisting person effectively and practically for this task. Topics discussed are: Personal presence of a human being, the human soul, vital activity vs. higher life; experiences of good and evil in one's life time; success and loss in terms of social values; human dignity.
本文给出了一位在医院和老年护理中心工作的物理治疗师的个人叙述，他不得不为那些在毫无准备的情况下濒死的老人提供精神援助。出于同情以及患者应对极端情况的挣扎，临时提供精神援助成为必要。本文提倡理解哲学和神学人类学一些主要主题的真正含义，以此作为切实有效地让援助者为此任务做好准备的一种方式。讨论的主题包括：人的亲身在场、人类灵魂、生命活动与更高层次的生活；一生中善恶的经历；从社会价值角度看的成功与失败；人的尊严。
