Duszpasterstwo hospicyjne

Although contemporary medicine is able to fight many diseases yet it is helpless in the face of human suffering including cancer. Both the number of people getting infected and death rates are rising. Sadly, the cases of malicius tumour are diagnosed frequently. Medical diagnosis stating “cancer” is always received with a shock, disbelief or even rebellion. It is necessary to emphasize the care for the patients who cannot be cured. The sickness always challenges the state of personal and family equillibrium. This pain often leads to a truthful revelation of a meaning of human existence, which goes far beyond our earthly matters. Death is strictly interfered with life and is inevitably involved in the life of every human being. It demands respect and responsibility, especially from those who are in charge od medical services. It is the hospice movement that helps people overcome their fears and pain in the last stage of cancer.