Hope in Illness, Illness and Hope - Considerations from the Point of View of Theological Ethics

Abstract

The paper deals with the role that hope plays in disease in general and in managing the disease. After description of the specific accents of Christian hope and general considerations concerning hope and managing the disease, the meaning of hope in managing the disease is described by distinguishing the five levels of importance of hope in this process.

Keywords

• hope
• disease
• illness
• managing the disease
• theological ethics