Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient: The Catholic Debate

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Introduction:฀The฀State฀of฀the฀Debate฀ 1 ฀:฀Medical฀Perspectives฀ 7 ฀฀1฀฀ Position฀of฀the฀American฀Academy฀of฀Neurology฀on฀Certain฀Aspects฀ of฀the฀Care฀and฀Management฀of฀the฀Persistent฀Vegetative฀State฀ Patient฀ 9฀ American฀Academy฀of฀Neurology ฀฀2฀฀ Feeding฀Tubes:฀Sorting฀Out฀the฀Issues฀ 15฀ Myles฀N.฀Sheehan,฀SJ ฀:฀The฀Catholic฀Tradition฀and฀Historical฀Perspectives฀ 27 ฀฀3฀฀ Catholic฀Teaching฀on฀Prolonging฀Life:฀Setting฀the฀Record฀Straight฀ 29฀ Michael฀R.฀Panicola ฀฀4฀฀ A฀History฀of฀Ordinary฀and฀Extraordinary฀Means฀ 53฀ Donald฀E.฀Henke ฀฀5฀฀ Must฀We฀Preserve฀Life?฀ 79฀ Ronald฀Hamel฀and฀Michael฀Panicola ฀:฀Ecclesiastical฀and฀Pastoral฀Perspectives฀ 89 ฀฀6฀฀ The฀Prolongation฀of฀Life฀ 91฀ Pope฀Pius฀XII ฀฀7฀฀ Declaration฀on฀Euthanasia฀ 99฀ Sacred฀Congregation฀for฀the฀Doctrine฀of฀the฀Faith ฀฀8฀฀ The฀Artificial฀Prolongation฀of฀Life฀ 107฀ Pontifical฀Academy฀of฀Sciences Contents ฀฀9฀฀ On฀Withdrawing฀Artificial฀Nutrition฀and฀Hydration฀ 109฀ Texas฀Bishops฀and฀the฀Texas฀Conference฀of฀Catholic฀Health฀Facilities 10฀฀ Nutrition฀and฀Hydration:฀Moral฀and฀Pastoral฀Reflections฀ 115฀ National฀Conference฀of฀Catholic฀Bishops’฀Committee฀for฀฀ Pro-Life฀Activities 11฀฀ Ethical฀and฀Religious฀Directives:฀Introduction฀to฀Part฀V฀and฀ Directives฀57–58฀ 137฀ United฀States฀Conference฀of฀Catholic฀Bishops ฀:฀Ethical฀and฀Theological฀Perspectives฀ 141 12฀฀ The฀PVS฀Patient฀and฀the฀Forgoing/Withdrawing฀of฀Medical฀ Nutrition฀and฀Hydration฀ 143฀ Thomas฀A.฀Shannon฀and฀James฀J.฀Walter 13฀฀ Should฀Nutrition฀and฀Hydration฀Be฀Provided฀to฀Permanently฀ Unconscious฀and฀Other฀Mentally฀Disabled฀Persons?฀ 171฀ Germain฀Grisez 14฀฀ End-of-Life฀Care฀Revisited฀ 187฀ Daniel฀P.฀Sulmasy,฀OFM ฀:฀John฀Paul฀II’s฀Papal฀Allocution฀and฀Responses฀ 201 15฀฀ Care฀for฀Patients฀in฀a฀“Permanent”฀Vegetative฀State฀ 203฀ Pope฀John฀Paul฀II 16฀฀ John฀Paul฀II฀on฀the฀“Vegetative฀State”฀ 209฀ Richard฀M.฀Doerflinger 17฀฀ Medically฀Assisted฀Nutrition฀and฀Hydration:฀A฀Contribution฀to฀฀ the฀Dialogue฀ 215฀ Mark฀Repenshek฀and฀John฀Paul฀Slosar 18฀฀ Assisted฀Nutrition฀and฀Hydration฀and฀the฀Catholic฀Tradition฀ 223฀ Thomas฀A.฀Shannon฀and฀James฀J.฀Walter 19฀฀ Reflections฀on฀the฀Papal฀Allocution฀Concerning฀Care฀for฀Persistent฀ Vegetative฀State฀Patients฀ 237฀ Kevin฀O’Rourke,฀OP viii฀ ฀ Contents ฀:฀Legal฀and฀Public฀Policy฀Perspectives฀ 255 20฀฀ The฀Clarence฀Herbert฀Case:฀Was฀Withdrawal฀of฀Treatment฀฀ Justified?฀ 257฀ John฀R.฀Connery,฀SJ 21฀฀ Caring฀or฀Starving?฀The฀Case฀of฀Claire฀Conroy฀ 265฀ Richard฀A.฀McCormick,฀SJ Permissions฀ 275 Contributors฀ 277 Index฀ 279 Contents฀ ฀ ix This page intentionally left blank ...