Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient : the Catholic debate /

Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient : the Catholic debate /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hamel, Ronald P., 1946-, Walter, James J
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007
Subjects:
Coma > Patients > Religious aspects > Catholicism
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
Fluid therapy > Moral and ethical aspects
Loss of consciousness
Medical ethics
Medicine > Religious aspects
Ethics, Medical
Unconsciousness
Euthanasie > Aspect moral
Médecine > Aspect religieux
Perte de conscience
Réhydratation (Thérapeutique) > Aspect moral
Éthique médicale
Artificial feeding
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Euthanasia, Passive > ethics
Enteral Nutrition > ethics
Fluid Therapy > ethics
Persistent Vegetative State > therapy
Religion and Medicine
Electronic books
Collected Work
Collected Works

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