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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 M. 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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