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Title:

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

Publisher:

Georgetown University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

ix, 294 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Medical ethics.
Persistent vegetative state--Catholic Church.--Catholic Church.
Loss of consciousness.
Fluid therapy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Artificial feeding.
Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia, Passive--ethics--Collected Works.
Catholicism--Collected Works.
Enteral Nutrition--ethics--Collected Works.
Fluid Therapy--ethics--Collected Works.
Persistent Vegetative State--therapy--Collected Works.
Religion and Medicine--Collected Works.

Other Authors:

Hamel, Ronald P., 1946-
Walter, James J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Caring or starving? the case of Claire Conroy / Position of the American Academy of Neurology on certain aspects of the care and management of the persistent vegetative state patient / Richard A. McCormick. Feeding tubes : sorting out the issues / Myles N. Sheehan -- Catholic tradition and historical perspective. Catholic teaching on prolonging life : setting the record straight / Michael R. Panicola -- History of ordinary and extraordinary means / Donald E. Henke -- Must we preserve life? / Ronald Hamel, Michael Panicola -- Ecclesiastical and pastoral perspectives. Prolongation of life / Pope Pius XII -- Declaration on euthanasia / Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- 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 -- Ethical and theological perspectives. PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration / Thomas A. Shannon, 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 -- John Paul II's papal allocution and responses. 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, John Paul Slosar -- Assisted nutrition and hydration and the Catholic tradition / Thomas A. Shannon, James J. Walter -- Reflections on the papal allocution concerning care for persistent vegetative state patients / Kevin O'Rourke -- Legal and public policy perspectives. Clarence Herbert case : was withdrawal of treatment justified? / John R. Connery -- Caring or starving? the case of Claire Conroy / Richard A. McCormick.

ISBN:

1589011783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781589011786 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007007017

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)