Taylor's Library

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

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

By: Kelly, David F.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006Description: xi, 180 p. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church | Medical care -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church | Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Catholic ChurchGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 174.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
174.2 (Browse shelf) Available

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

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.

TSLHHL

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.