Must We Preserve Life?. Ronald Hamel and Michael Panicola.
by Hamel, Ronald; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 74Family. Publisher: America, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Catholic Church -- Doctrines | Clergy -- Attitudes | Dehydration (Physiology) | Euthanasia | Life (Biology) | Life support systems (Critical care) | Medical ethics | Persistent vegetative state | Tube feedingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Is the removal of a feeding tube that supplies nutrients and fluids, especially in patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), simply a means of killing a vulnerable person--a form of euthanasia? Judging from some of the responses to the much-publicized Terry Schiavo case, it seems there are those who think so, including a fair number of Catholics." (AMERICA) This article suggests that "the Terry Schiavo case has generated not only enormous controversy, but also considerable confusion among Catholics and others regarding the moral justification for forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Must We Preserve Life?, April 19-26, 2004; pp. 6-13.
"Is the removal of a feeding tube that supplies nutrients and fluids, especially in patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), simply a means of killing a vulnerable person--a form of euthanasia? Judging from some of the responses to the much-publicized Terry Schiavo case, it seems there are those who think so, including a fair number of Catholics." (AMERICA) This article suggests that "the Terry Schiavo case has generated not only enormous controversy, but also considerable confusion among Catholics and others regarding the moral justification for forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration."
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