Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient : the Catholic debate / Ronald P. Hamel, James J. Walter, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamel, Ronald P., 1946-

Walter, James J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Coma--Patients--Religious aspects--Catholicism.

Coma.

Loss of consciousness.

Fluid therapy--Moral and ethical aspects.

Fluid therapy.

Medicine--Religious aspects.

Medicine.

Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.

Euthanasia.

Euthanasia, Passive--ethics.

Catholicism.

Enteral Nutrition--ethics.

Fluid Therapy--ethics.

Persistent Vegetative State--therapy.

Religion and Medicine.

Coma--Patients.

Medical Subjects:

Euthanasia, Passive--ethics.

Catholicism.

Enteral Nutrition--ethics.

Fluid Therapy--ethics.

Persistent Vegetative State--therapy.

Religion and Medicine.

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2007]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1589011783

9781589011786

OCLC:

84900495