Wskazania Kościoła dotyczące duszpasterstwa pracowników służby zdrowia

Abstract

People who work in the health service constitute a professional group which calls for a special pastoral care. There are a lot of delicate ethical and religious problems which accompany this care. The author has pinpointed the great activity of the contemporary Church in the world of health service. This is demonstrated by the documents of the Apostolic See, as well as in the addresses of the popes of the post-Conciliar period. The Church’s teaching has been presented by the author at the following three levels: religious life of the health service workers, occupational ethics, and pastoral activity of the health service workers. This is a proposal of the contemporary Church in relation to the basic human experiences, such as disease and death. The Church, too, answers the questions concerning the role of medicine, the mission of the doctor and medical staff towards the patient. At the borderline of these problems there emerges a need for pastoral care about health service workers.