Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient: the Catholic debate
Position of the American Academy of Neurology on certain aspects of the care and management of the persistent vegetative state patient / American Academy of Neurology -- Feeding tubes : sorting out the issues / Myles N. Sheehan -- Catholic teaching on prolonging life : setting the record straight /...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
Georgetown University Press
c2007
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In: | Year: 2007 |
Edition: | 1. print. |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
ZG 9085
/ Koma (Medicine)
/ Artificial feeding
/ Medical ethics
/ Euthanasia (National Socialism)
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Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Euthanasia Moral and ethical aspects B Euthanasia, Passive ethics B Fluid Therapy Moral and ethical aspects B Enteral Nutrition ethics B Coma Patients Religious aspects Catholicism B Medical Ethics B Persistent Vegetative State therapy B Persistent Vegetative State Religious aspects Catholic Church B Loss of consciousness B Artificial Feeding B Catholicism B Religion and Medicine B Fluid Therapy ethics |
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Summary: | Position of the American Academy of Neurology on certain aspects of the care and management of the persistent vegetative state patient / American Academy of Neurology -- Feeding tubes : sorting out the issues / Myles N. Sheehan -- Catholic teaching on prolonging life : setting the record straight / Michael R. Panicola -- A history of ordinary and extraordinary means / Donald E. Henke -- Must we preserve life? / Ronald Hamel and Michael Panicola -- The prolongation of life / Pope Pius XII -- Declaration on euthanasia / Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- The artificial prolongation of life / Pontifical Academy of Sciences -- On withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration / Texas bishops and the Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities -- Nutrition and hydration : moral and pastoral reflections / National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities -- Ethical and religious directives : introduction to Part V and Directives 57-58 / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- The PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration / Thomas A. Shannon and James J. Walter -- Should nutrition and hydration be provided to permanently unconscious and other mentally disabled persons? / Germain Grisez -- End of life care revisited / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Care for patients in a "permanent" vegetative state / Pope John Paul II -- John Paul II on the "vegetative state" / Richard Doerflinger -- Medically assisted nutrition and hydration : a contribution to the dialogue / Mark Repenshek and John Paul Slosar -- Assisted nutrition and hydration and the Catholic tradition / Thomas A. Shannon and James J. Walter -- Reflections on the papal allocution concerning care for persistent vegetative state patients / Kevin O'Rourke -- The Clarence Herbert case : was withdrawal of treatment justified? / John R. Connery -- Caring or starving? : the case of Claire Conroy / Richard A. McCormick |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1589011783 |