Artificial nutrition and hydration
Subtitle: the new Catholic debate
By: edited by Christopher Tollefsen.
Contributors: Tollefsen, Christopher.
Series: Philosophy and medicine -- v. 93; Philosophy and medicine -- v. 5
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781402062063
Subjects: Artificial feeding -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do unresponsive patients still matter? / Anthony Fisher; title: Are we morally obliged to feed pvs patients till natural death? / Michael Degnan; title: Caring for persons in the "persistent vegetative state" and Pope John Paul II's March 20 2004 address on "life-sustaining treatments and the vegetative state" / William E. May; title: Food and fluids : human law, human rights and human interests / Jacqueline Laing; title: Quality of life and assisted nutrition / Alfonso Gómez-Lobo; title: Towards ethical guidelines for the use of artificial nutrition and hydration / Joseph Boyle; title: Understanding the ethics of artificially providing food and water / J.L.A. Garcia; title: The ethics of Pope John Paul II's allocution on care of the PVS patient : a response to J.L.A. Garcia / Peter J. Cataldo; title: Reflections on the papal allocution concerning care for PVS patients / Kevin O'Rourke; title: The papal allocution concerning care for PVS patients : a reply to Fr. O'Rourke / Patrick Lee; title: Response to Patrick Lee / Kevin O'Rourke; title: The morality of tube feeding PVS patients : a critique of the view of Kevin O'Rourke, O.P. / Mark S. Latkovic; title: Ten errors regarding end of life issues, and especially artificial nutrition and hydration / Christopher Tollefsen.