An Incomplete Death: Artificial Hydration/Nutrition and the PVS Patient
The 2004 statement of the late Pope John Paul II, "Care for Patients in a 'Permanent' Vegetative State," highlighted the need to review the Catholic moral tradition concerning artificial hydration and nutrition (AHN). This article will begin with a brief look at the two broad str...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Theology today
Year: 2019, Volume: 76, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-166 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
artificial hydration
B ordinary / extraordinary measures B artificial nutrition B natural law theory B Euthanasia |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
