Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient : the Catholic debate /

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During the past few decades, high-profile cases like that of Terry Schiavo have fueled the public debate over forgoing or withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). These cases, whether involving adults or young children, have forced many to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hamel, Ronald P., 1946-, Walter, James J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Coma > Patients > Religious aspects > Catholicism.
Loss of consciousness.
Fluid therapy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia, Passive > ethics
Ethics, Medical
Unconsciousness
Enteral Nutrition > ethics
Fluid Therapy > ethics
Persistent Vegetative State > therapy
Religion and Medicine
Éthique médicale.
Perte de conscience.
Réhydratation (Thérapeutique) > Aspect moral.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
Euthanasie > Aspect moral.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Artificial feeding
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
Loss of consciousness
Medical ethics
Medicine > Religious aspects
Collected Work
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:During the past few decades, high-profile cases like that of Terry Schiavo have fueled the public debate over forgoing or withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). These cases, whether involving adults or young children, have forced many to begin thinking in a measured and careful way about the moral legitimacy of allowing patients to die. Can families forgo or withdraw artificial hydration and nutrition from their loved ones when no hope of recovery seems possible?Many Catholics know that Catholic moral theology has formulated a well-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 294 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781435627253
1435627253
9781589012424
1589012429

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