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Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

Christopher Tollefsen

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2010
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Ética y filosofía moral
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9789048175673
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Preface: Christopher Tollefsen;Part One: The Issue;1: Why Do Unresponsive Patients Still Matter?Bishop Anthony Fisher, O.P.;2: Are We Morally Obligated to Feed PVS Patients Until Natural Death?Michael Degnan;3: Caring for Persons in the ’Persistent Vegetative State’ and Pope John Paul II’s March 2004 Address ’On Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State’.William E. May;4: Food and Fluids: Human Law, Human Rights and Human Interests.Jacqueline Laing;Part Two: Philosophers Address the Issue.5: Quality of Life and Assisted Nutrition.Alfonso Gomez-Lobo;6: Towards Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.Joseph Boyle;7: Understanding the Ethics of Artificially Providing Food and Water.J.L.A. Garcia;8: The Ethics of Pope John Paul’s Allocution on Care of the PVS Patient: A Response to J.L.A. Garcia.Peter Cataldo;Part Three: Symposium on the Views of Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, O.P.9: Reflections on the Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients.Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, O.P;10:The Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients: a Reply to Fr. O’Rourke.Patrick Lee;11: Response to Patrick Lee.Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, O.P.;12: The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique of the View of Kevin O’Rourke, O.P.Mark S. Latkovic;Part Four: Concluding Reflections.12: Ten Errors Regarding End of Life Issues, and Especially Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.Christopher Tollefsen.

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