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Artificial nutrition and hydration the new Catholic debate /

Pope John Paul II surprised the medical world in 2004 with his statement insisting that patients in a vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. This collection of essays addresses the Pope's statement, the moral issues surrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the re...

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Other Authors: Tollefsen, Christopher., SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2008.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages)
Series: Philosophy and medicine ; v. 93.
Philosophy and medicine. Catholic studies in bioethics ; v. 5.
Subjects:
John Paul -- II, -- Pope, -- 1920-2005 -- Ethics.
Artificial feeding -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Oral rehydration therapy -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Fluid therapy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics -- United States.
Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
Artificial feeding.
Fluid therapy.
Medical ethics -- Religious aspects.
Medical ethics.
Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.

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