Today individuals and families face complex and challenging health-care decisions brought about by increasingly sophisticated technologies. The author argues that religious beliefs and principles must inform the decision-making process. She examines two cases involving removal of artificial nutrition and hydration in light of Catholic teaching on life, suffering, and death.
| ISBN: | 9780820416250 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 1996 |
| Author: | Patricia A Talone |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 214 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Religious issues and debates Religious ethics Medical ethics and professional conduct |