Title: Artificial nutrition and hydration: the new Catholic debate
Abstract:Preface: Christopher Tollefsen Part One: The Issue 1: Why Do Unresponsive Patients Still Matter?Bishop Anthony Fisher, O.P. 2: Are We Morally Obligated to Feed PVS Patients Until Natural Death?Michael...Preface: Christopher Tollefsen Part One: The Issue 1: Why Do Unresponsive Patients Still Matter?Bishop Anthony Fisher, O.P. 2: Are We Morally Obligated to Feed PVS Patients Until Natural Death?Michael Degnan 3: Caring for Persons in the 'Persistent Vegetative State' and Pope John Paul II's March 2004 Address 'On Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State'.William E. May 4: Food and Fluids: Human Law, Human Rights and Human Interests.Jacqueline Laing Part Two: Philosophers Address the Issue.5: Quality of Life and Assisted Nutrition.Alfonso Gomez-Lobo 6: Towards Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.Joseph Boyle 7: Understanding the Ethics of Artificially Providing Food and Water.J.L.A. Garcia 8: The Ethics of Pope John Paul's Allocution on Care of the PVS Patient: A Response to J.L.A. Garcia.Peter Cataldo Part Three: Symposium on the Views of Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P.9: Reflections on the Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients.Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P 10:The Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients: a Reply to Fr. O'Rourke.Patrick Lee 11: Response to Patrick Lee.Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P. 12: The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique of the View of Kevin O'Rourke, O.P.Mark S. Latkovic Part Four: Concluding Reflections.12: Ten Errors Regarding End of Life Issues, and Especially Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.Christopher Tollefsen.Read More