Medical care at the end of life : a Catholic perspective /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelly, David F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Medical care > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Terminal Care > ethics
Catholicism
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Medical care > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Medicine > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ordinary and extraordinary means
  • Killing and allowing to die
  • Decisions by competent patients
  • Decisions for incompetent patients
  • Advance directives
  • Hydration and nutrition
  • Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • Medical futility.

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