03973cam a2200733Ma 4500 ocn614492096 OCoLC 20200709055148.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 060131s2006 dcu ob 001 0 eng d 2006003017 CaPaEBR eng pn ADU E7B EBLCP OCLCQ CUY N$T YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF P@U OCLCQ NLGGC OCLCQ OCLCO MERUC MHW JSTOR COO OCLCQ AZK CNNLC 101266638 DNLM 013542327 Uk 212401044 298788632 475403986 475615413 646755596 652626239 961537074 962604182 9781435631960 (electronic bk.) 143563196X (electronic bk.) 9781589013674 (electronic bk.) 1589013670 (electronic bk.) 1589011120 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589011120 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781589011120 (OCoLC)614492096 (OCoLC)212401044 (OCoLC)298788632 (OCoLC)475403986 (OCoLC)475615413 (OCoLC)646755596 (OCoLC)652626239 (OCoLC)961537074 (OCoLC)962604182 22573/ctt2n50pj JSTOR R725.56 .K46 2006eb 2006 M-939 WB 310 K295m 2006 MED 050000 bisacsh 174.2 22 MAIN Kelly, David F. Medical care at the end of life : a Catholic perspective / David F. Kelly. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2006. 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172) and index. Ordinary and extraordinary means -- Killing and allowing to die -- Decisions by competent patients -- Decisions for incompetent patients -- Advance directives -- Hydration and nutrition -- Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia -- Medical futility. Print version record. For over thirty years, David F. Kelly has worked with medical practitioners, students, families, and the sick and dying to confront the difficult and often painful issues that concern medical treatment at the end of life. In this short and practical book, Kelly shares his vast experience, providing a rich resource for thinking about life's most painful decisions. Kelly outlines eight major issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition. He looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and a. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Medical ethics Religious aspects Catholic Church. Medical care Religious aspects Catholic Church. Medicine Religious aspects Catholic Church. Terminal Care ethics. Catholicism. Religion. MEDICAL Ethics. bisacsh Medical care Religious aspects Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst01013844 Medical ethics Religious aspects Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst01014095 Medicine Religious aspects Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst01015042 Electronic books. Print version: Kelly, David F. Medical care at the end of life. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006003017 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=219209 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL547804 ebrary EBRY ebr10236757 EBSCOhost EBSC 219209 Project MUSE MUSE muse3259 YBP Library Services YANK 2783941 YBP Library Services YANK 3372755 92 N$T 49223 49223