[Health care and the church]

The article is devoted to some basic problems of the relationship of the health services and Church which may appear under the present new circumstances. After a long period of repression of the church to the periphery of society it is necessary to attempt to answer with new courage and mutual confidence what the health services may expect and demand from the church and what the church may expect and what the health services can offer the church. The author deals in more detail with several areas where collaboration between churches and health services seems promising: psychiatry and clinical psychology, nursing, thanatology, prevention. The author mentions the necessity of mutual meeting and enrichment in theoretical areas.