Withholding Nutrition and Hydration: Some Old and new Questions
Discusses the question, Are a patient's best interests ever served by the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration supports? Poses ethical and theological questions generated by the case of Nancy Cruzan and offers an outline of necessary conditions which ought to be present to make the wit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1991, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-13 |
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| Summary: | Discusses the question, Are a patient's best interests ever served by the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration supports? Poses ethical and theological questions generated by the case of Nancy Cruzan and offers an outline of necessary conditions which ought to be present to make the withholding of artificially induced nutrition and hydration morally licit. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002234099104500102 |