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abandonment vs.forgoingorwithdrawingtreatment,40, 70,112 vs.refusaloftreatment,182–83 ofterminallyillpatients,184 absolutegood,180,250 absolutenorms,63,74n35 activeeuthanasia,31,160 acts,humanvs.actsofman,248–49 actushominis,248–49 actushumanus,248–49 AddresstoInternationalCongressof Anesthesiologists,November24,1957. See“TheProlongationofLife”(Pius XII) advancedirectives,175,250 ageofPVSpatients,16,20 AIDS,184 allowingtodie,197 AMA(AmericanMedicalAssociation),12 AmericanAcademyofNeurology,9–13,154 AmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA),12 amputation,56–57,59–60,72n12 analgesics,102–3 anesthesia,59,60,72n12 antibiotics,61 Aquinas.SeeThomasAquinas archdioceseadvisoryopinion,150–51 artificialnutritionandhydration.Seealso feedingtubes advancedirectivesfor,175,250 AmericanAcademyofNeurologyposition on,10–11 asbasiccare,67–68,76n52,76n55,83 benefit/burdenanalysisfor,3–5,70,81–82 benefitsof,45,82,83–84,120–21 bolusfeedings,19–20 burdensof,121–24,149–50,176–78 Catholicteachingsandmoraltraditionson, 68–71,81–82 costsof,174,177 decisionmakingfor,21–23,129–30 dripfeedings,20 duringdying,138 familyandpatientopinionsof,123,133– 34n24 vs.foodandwater,161–62 forgoingorwithdrawing(seeforgoingor withdrawingtreatment) medicalaspectsof,7–8,131–32 asmedicaltreatment,3–5,46,51n51,119– 20,167n3,183,267,269–70,271–72 asnaturalmeans,86 obligationfor,82–83,231 asordinarymeans,2,68–71,76–77n56, 86–87,205,212–13,219–20,220–21, 226–27,247,272 presumptioninfavorof,22–23,41,87, 139,211–12,220–21,225,230–31 unresolvedissuesin,141–42 “TheArtificialProlongationofLife” (PontificalAcademyofSciences),49n29, 107–8 artificialrespiration inbraindeath,108 ClarenceHerbertcase,257,258–59,268 asextraordinarymeans,196–97 KarenAnnQuinlancase,184–85,223 asmedicaltreatment,46 PiusXIIon,91–97 removalof,93,96–97,184–85,190,257, 258–59 Ashley,Benedict,245,249 asphyxia,91–93 279 Index aspirationpneumonia,17 assistednutrition.Seeartificialnutrition assistedreproduction,225 autonomy,patient.Seepatientautonomy BabyDoecase,1 Bañez,Domingo,32–33,80,217 Barber,Neil,268 Barberv.SuperiorCourtofLosAngelesCounty,1, 255–64,267–68,269,273,274 Barry,Robert,46,76n52 basiccare.Seealsoordinarymeans artificialnutritionandhydrationas,67–68, 76n52,76n55,83 fordyingpatients,152 vs.medicaltreatment,83 basicgood,188 behavior,9 benefit/burdenanalysis.Seealsobenefits; burdens forartificialnutritionandhydration,3–5, 70,81–82 CommitteeforPro-LifeActivitieson,111, 126–27 forend-of-lifedecisionmaking,225–26, 233–34 forextraordinarymeans,3–5,35,159,190 forforgoingorwithdrawingtreatment,3–5, 151–52 forlife-sustainingtreatments,27–28,182– 85,266 formedicaltreatment,44–46,149,272–73 fornaturalmeans,83 forordinarymeans,3–5,163,229 proportionalityanddisproportionalityof, 159 qualityoflifejudgmentsand,154–56, 164–65 relativenormand,80–81 righttodieand,148 spiritualgoodin,126–27 TerrySchiavocase,232 TexasCatholicBishopson,40,110 benefits ofartificialnutritionandhydration,45,82, 83–84,120–21 ofcareforPVSpatients,178–80 definitionof,4,38,83–84 dutytoprolonglifeand,155–56 holisticunderstandingof,44–46 hopeof(seereasonablehope) incommensurablegoodand,51n49 oflove,181 ofmedicaltreatment,11 ofordinarymeans,35,58,63,72–73n18 PiusXIIon,36–37 proportionate,58,72–73n18,159 spiritualgoodsand,50n46 Vitoriaon,84 bestinterests,270,273,274 bioethicscommittees,144–53 biologicallife vs.personhood,155 prolonging,152 technologicalimperativetopreserve,157, 169n18 valueof,2–3,154,155–56,168–69n14, 168n13,178,233 bolusfeedings,19–20 bonumonticum,155 braindeath,108,259,262 braininjuries,92,257 brainstem,9,29 breathing,197 Brophy,Paul,154,170n30 Bullock,William,44–45 burdens ofartificialnutritionandhydration,121– 24,149–50,176–78 costsas,76–77n56,121,123–24,169n22 definitionof,38 disproportionate,39...
