Moral responsibility in prolonging life decisions
By: edited by Donald G. McCarthy and Albert S. Moraczewski.
Contributors: McCarthy, Donald G.; Moraczewski, Albert S., 1920-; Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center.
Publisher: Pope John Center; Franciscan Herald Press [distributor]
Published: 1981
Place of publication: St. Louis; Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines.; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Terminal care -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Euthanasia -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Right to die -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Life and death, Power over -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Life and death, Power over -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.; Pastoral medicine -- Catholic Church.
Description: This book has been prepared as a resource contribution to the Church's ministry to suffering and dying persons and to the healing and caring ministry of countless health care professionals. As chapter 7 indicates, the theological tradition of a limited responsibility for prolonging life in the face of burdensome medical treatments has a long and honorable history in the Church. The Pope John XXIII Center for Medical-Moral Research and Education, which has dedicated itself to the task of applying Church teaching to contemporary medical-moral issues, offers this resource volume as a continuation of that history. -from Preface.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 308-309.
Includes index.