2016, VOLUME 33, SUPPLEMENT 1

CONTENTS

5th National Conference of the Forum of Public Health
and Social Medicine
Saturday, November 22, 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT:
"When Should We Die? (WSWD)"

Round Table Discussion (RTD)

GUEST EDITOR

Ioannis D.K. Dimoliatis
University of Ioannina, Medical School,
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology,
Unit of Quality of Life and Death, Ioannina, Greece

introduction to the supplement

A question hovers over western society: When should its members die?
Ι. Dimoliatis
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

special articles

The journey of Hope: a philosophical experiment on the right time to die
K. Vazouras
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

Human arrogance or acceptance of reality?
The passionate rationalism should be replaced by apathetic (passionless) rationalism
A. Prokopiou
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

original paper

The answer of gospels:
Evangelists don't deal with "when" but with "how" a human being should die
S. Atmatzidis
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

reviews

Philosophers' answer: Four possible answers.
When: time has come; no wish to live anymore; not worth living; body cannot sustain life
A. Kerasidou
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

The answer of law: The medical doctor facing patient's death:
"when" from the legal point of view
E. Maragkaki
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

The answer of the centuries:
In history the euthanasia pendulum swings between the two extremes
S. Geroulanos
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

original paper

The answer of society:
When one cannot serve hirself, then there is no future.
Narratives of caregivers of incurably ill
K. Gatsiou, I. Dimoliatis
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

position paper

My answer: When should I die? (WSID).
On-time (mature death), neither earlier (premature) nor later (postmature). My covenant
I. Dimoliatis
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

special articles

The answer of listeners: Discussion with the audience
FULL TEXT

Epilogue: A ghost haunting the western society: a posteriori (28-1-2016)
I. Dimoliatis
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT

The answer of poets: As one long prepared, say goodbye to life that is leaving
K. Kavafy
FULL TEXT

My material Ego, my spiritual Ego, my social Ego: their birth and their death
D. Sideris
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