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--Catholic Church.

Coma.

Loss of consciousness.

Fluid therapy--Moral and ethical aspects.

Fluid therapy.

Medicine--Religious aspects.

Medicine.

Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.

Euthanasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 begin thinking in a measured and careful way about the moral legitimacy of allowing patients to die. Can families forgo or withdraw artificial hydration and nutrition from their loved ones when no hope of recovery seems possible?Many Catholics know that Catholic moral theology has formulated a well-

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-58901-242-9

1-4356-2725-3

OCLC:

614492260