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Human Flourishing Until the End: The Core Values of Palliative Care

In: Human Flourishing

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  • Andrea Rodríguez-Prat

    (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)

  • Cristina Monforte-Royo

    (School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)

Abstract

Human flourishing has been defined as a subjective and holistic sentiment related to growth, prosperity, fulfillment, and sense of life completeness. This definition may lead to think that human flourishing is unique to people living under privileged circumstances of health and well-being, whereas people with life limiting illnesses are deprived from this possibility. In this paper, we reflect on the idea of human flourishing in the context of palliative care. Although people with advanced illnesses experience in a special manner the limits of human life and vulnerability, and the final stages may inevitably imply considerable suffering, we argue that it is also possible to experience this final stage as an opportunity for personal growth, to live it in full accordance with one's beliefs and values, and to reestablish a profound connection to oneself and to others. In sum, the end of life may also be a time of human flourishing.

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  • Andrea Rodríguez-Prat & Cristina Monforte-Royo, 2023. "Human Flourishing Until the End: The Core Values of Palliative Care," Springer Books, in: Mireia Las Heras & Marc Grau Grau & Yasin Rofcanin (ed.), Human Flourishing, pages 133-147, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-09786-7_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09786-7_9
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