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Let him pass.

R J Sobel1, M Reichlin

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine C, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Clinic.revivim@ramat-negev.org.il

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|August 13, 1999
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Physicians face moral dilemmas when patients feel abandoned by God. This article explores a physician's response to a patient preferring death, examining its moral acceptability through bioethical and philosophical lenses.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • Physicians encounter profound moral uncertainty when patients express feelings of divine abandonment.
  • A physician's response to a patient preferring death requires careful ethical consideration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the moral acceptability of a physician's response to a patient expressing a desire for death due to perceived divine abandonment.
  • To examine the ethical dimensions of end-of-life care when spiritual distress is a primary concern.

Main Methods:

  • Part one details a physician's (R.S.) personal response to a patient preferring death.
  • Part two presents a philosopher-bioethicist's (M.R.) ethical analysis using the Catholic concept of proportionality.

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Main Results:

  • Philosophical arguments suggest the physician's actions may be within moral limits.
  • Despite ethical analysis, the physician retains personal moral doubts regarding the described response.

Conclusions:

  • The ethical permissibility of physician responses to profound spiritual distress and end-of-life wishes remains complex.
  • Interdisciplinary dialogue between medical practitioners and bioethicists is crucial for navigating moral uncertainty in patient care.