@article{Lategan_2020, title={End of life care for the elderly: a care ethics approach}, volume={56}, url={https://pubs.ufs.ac.za/index.php/tcw/article/view/525}, abstractNote={<p>This article approaches end of life care for elderly people from a care&nbsp;ethics perspective. End of life care should not be confused with assisted&nbsp;life ending approaches and support or euthanasia. End of life care refers&nbsp;to care of people who are dying, immaterial of age or medical condition.&nbsp;Vulnerability is not limited to elderly people (as care-receivers) only but&nbsp;also to caregivers as a vulnerable group in own right.</p> <p>Care ethics for healthcare is defined as creating a relationship between&nbsp;caregiver and care-receiver (in this case the elderly person), recognising&nbsp;their mutual vulnerability and potential power relationship within the&nbsp;healthcare value chain, and carrying out the responsibility to care for and&nbsp;protect life and its dignity in order to improve quality of life and health and&nbsp;grow personal life orientations. Care ethics is influenced by a changing&nbsp;relationship between caregiver and care receiver, ethical environment,&nbsp;palliative care and social determinants.</p> <p>Understanding and dealing with end of life care can never be removed&nbsp;from the discussion on quality of life, dignity and human suffering that&nbsp;adds no value to life. The Christian narrative is used to promote and&nbsp;uphold the dignity and prolonging of life. To this may be added, care for&nbsp;the dying. This narrative is built on God as the Creator of life, the duty to&nbsp;care for life and the respect for life no matter the quality thereof.</p>}, number={3&4}, journal={Tydskrif vir Christelike Wetenskap | Journal for Christian Scholarship}, author={Lategan, Laetus OK}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={71-90} }