TY - BOOK AU - McCarthy,Donald G. AU - Moraczewski,Albert S. ED - Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center. TI - Moral responsibility in prolonging life decisions SN - 0935372083 (pbk.) : AV - R726 .M69 1981 U1 - 174/.24 19 PY - 1981/// CY - St. Louis, Chicago, IL PB - Pope John Center, Franciscan Herald Press [distributor] KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines KW - Terminal care KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Euthanasia KW - Right to die KW - Religious aspects KW - Life and death, Power over KW - Christian ethics KW - Catholic authors KW - Pastoral medicine KW - Levensverlenging KW - gtt KW - Euthanasie KW - Terminale patiënten KW - Christelijke ethiek KW - Medische ethiek KW - Morale chrétienne KW - Auteurs catholiques KW - Mort KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Religion and Medicine KW - Life Support Care KW - Terminal Care N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 308-309; Part I. Life and death --; Biblical teaching on life and death; Patrick J. Sena --; Consequentialism and the Fifth Commandment; Richard R. Roach --; The medical approach to the determination of death; Kenneth R. Smith, Jr. --; Response to Kenneth R. Smith, Jr.; Paul A. Byrne --; Determination of death : a medical-legal consensus; Dennis J. Horan --; Part II. Prolonging life decisions --; Prolonging life in medical practice; Oscar B. Hunter, Jr. --; The patient/physician relationship; Joseph M. Boyle, Jr. --; Theological history of Catholic teaching on prolonging life; Gary M. Atkinson --; Principles for moral decisions about prolonging life; Benedict M. Ashley --; Prolonging life : the duty and its limits; John Connery --; Prolonging life conscience formation; Lawrence T. Reilly --; Euthanasia, the right to life and termination of medical treatment : legal issues; Dennis J. Horan --; Contemporary American opinion and euthanasia; William J. Monahan --; Part III. Clinical and pastoral applications --; The case of persons in the final stage of terminal illness or irreversibly comatose; Care of persons with irreversibly deteriorating health; The case of severely defective new born babies; Donald G. McCarthy --; Care of persons desiring to die, yet not terminally ill; Albert S. Moraczewski --; Responsibilities of administrators; Responsibilities of physicians; Donald G. McCarthy --; Responsibilities of nurses; Albert S. Moraczewski --; Responsibilities of pastoral care persons; Donald G. McCarthy UR - http://www.archive.org/details/moralresponsibil00mcca UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL3794115M ER -