Medical care at the end of life : a Catholic perspective / David F. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, David F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Medical ethics.

Medical care--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Medical care.

Medicine--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172) and index.

ISBN:

9781589013674

1589013670

9781435631960

143563196X

OCLC:

652626239