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Michael Lipson1

  • 1mlipson@bcn.net

Explore (New York, N.Y.)
|June 20, 2006
PubMed
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This reflection explores end-of-life care challenges, questioning why we delay embracing a profound presence-of-being until death approaches. It suggests living with this awareness enriches life now.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Thanatology
  • Existential Psychology

Background:

  • Communication, timing, and truth-telling pose significant clinical challenges, particularly in end-of-life care.
  • The narrative of a child's death prompts reflection on truth and the eternal.
  • Existing practices often delay confronting profound existential awareness until the end of life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the implications of delayed existential awareness in clinical practice.
  • To question the timing of confronting profound presence-of-being.
  • To investigate how living with end-of-life awareness can enrich current life.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative reflection on a narrative of a child's death.
  • Philosophical inquiry into truth, the eternal, and presence-of-being.

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  • Exploration of clinical challenges in end-of-life communication.

    • Main Results:

    • The narrative highlights the critical nature of communication and truth-telling in terminal care.
    • A central question arises regarding the delayed integration of profound existential awareness.
    • The potential for immediate life enrichment through present-moment awareness is proposed.

    Conclusions:

    • Clinicians face persistent challenges in communication and truth-telling, especially at life's end.
    • Delaying the embrace of profound presence-of-being until "Sister Death" arrives is questioned.
    • Integrating awareness of life's finitude can deepen and enrich present existence.