Abstract · Management of dying and death (2018), the guideline issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, redefined the physician’s role with regard to the care of those patients who wish to end their lives. As Switzerland is one of the few countries where physician-assisted suicide is legal when certain strict criteria are met, physicians’ attitude toward assisted suicide is an extremely sensitive issue. However, the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences’ modified viewpoint should not be interpreted as a one-sided modification. Rather, the Academy’s aim was to demonstrate the polyphony currently present in the views of Swiss physicians on assisted suicide. It is hardly surprising that those parts of the guideline which deal with assisted suicide generated strong reactions. At the same time, these parts contribute to keeping the Swiss debate on end of life decisions a lively one.

Abstract · In my study I describe a few thoughts based on the written version of one of Alain Badiou’s seminary lectures regarding the problem of death and finitude. First, I briefly examine the similarities and differences between the death interpretations of Heiddegger, Sartre and Badiou. Then I write about the essence of death by interpreting four concepts linked to finiteness by Badiou. The four fundamental concepts: identity, repetition, necessity, and God. In my work I mainly discuss the correlations between identity and death. I primarily search for the answer to the following question: what does the development of one’s own attitude toward death mean?

Abstract · I have tried to collate the worries and doubts with the possible advantages about the category of complicated grief (CG). My main aim was not to think it over through the definitions and diagnostic categories, but from the viewpoints of early grief experts (like Kübler – Ross and Walfelt) and from phenomenological and some existential psychological aspects of grief and CG. I suggest a double focused approach in support, where the safetiness of the helping relationship and the attention of the helper to differentiating between normal grief and mental disorders are eaqually important.