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Medical care at the end of life : a Catholic perspective /
For over thirty years, David F. Kelly has worked with medical practitioners, students, families, and the sick and dying to confront the difficult and often painful issues that concern medical treatment at the end of life. In this short and practical book, Kelly shares his vast experience, providing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Georgetown University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For over thirty years, David F. Kelly has worked with medical practitioners, students, families, and the sick and dying to confront the difficult and often painful issues that concern medical treatment at the end of life. In this short and practical book, Kelly shares his vast experience, providing a rich resource for thinking about life's most painful decisions. Kelly outlines eight major issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition. He looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435631960 143563196X 9781589013674 1589013670 |