Palitation care: the evolution of philosophical and social developments.

Abstract

The work shows that in the ancient world, only the people of Israel had principles of providing palliative care at the legislative level, which was due to the high ethical values of the religion of Israel and the presence of the Ten-Word Law of God, while the religions and philosophies of other peoples of antiquity were not given because of what they preached. no basis for the formation of palliative care as such. In the Middle Ages, concepts and doctrines preached by the state medieval church of Europe, according to which, in particular, pain should be endured as God’s punishment or test, made it impossible to form palliative care at the state level. Over time, the Great Reformation created conditions where Christian ethics with its principles of charity and care for one’s neighbor became the main factor influencing these processes. It was the changes in belief, in the background of public views on obligations to moral values, which are based on the values of the faith of the apostolic times, that prompted the authorities of numerous European cities to pay attention to the activities of church hospitals, and over time to the creation of city-communal hospitals and hospices. It is shown that the achievements of modern history demonstrate that the creation of an effective palliative care system is impossible without basic moral principles and spirituality. It should be a part of building the state as a whole, an important component of the functioning of civil society and ensuring the basic rights of citizens regarding life and health.