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technical-orientated and where human dignity is lost, this kind oftherapy can help
patieirtslclients to get meaning in their lives andlor dignity. In the South African
setting the new constitution (Act 108 of1996, chapter 2, the Bill ofRights, article
10) explicitly mentions thateveryone has inherent dignity thatmust be respected and
protected. Logotherapy can assist to restore dignity to those v.:ho feel that they have
lost it.
Eisenberg (1985:44-46) claims university teaching needs to be rehumanised because
students need to be educated to reaffirm their spiritual sources and to develop em­
pathy that they normally don't have. Whatthis basically means is thatthe important
role offinding meaning in something andlor to attach meaning to someone/something
is not part ofuniversity teaching. Students must be made aware thatthey have spiri-
'tual
inner resources to findlattach meaning that will help them to cope and to live
meaningful lives.
Social workers practicing in hospices could be assisted in their own search for an
identity and relieved from some ofthe pressures faced in that demanding work in
applying logotherapeutic techniques. Logotherapy is well suited for psychosocial
care by hospice members because this method brings consolation and spiritual relief
to the dyingand suffering (MacDonald 1991:274-280). Thistechnique make pa­
tients aware that their present suffering and even their coming death has meaning and
thatno-one can take thataway. In a certain sense one can say that logotherapy, ap­
plied in this setting, brings acceptance and peace.
Lukas (1985:7-10) claims thatbecause basic logotherapeutic guidelines encourage
self-help and do not take away responsibility from the clients, clinical psychologists
need a complementary knowledge oflogotherapy because the therapeutic techniques
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