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Catholic Teaching on Prolonging Life: Setting the Record Straight
Author(s) -
Panicola Michael
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3527778
Subject(s) - doctrine , end of life care , sociology , aesthetics , law , environmental ethics , epistemology , philosophy , medicine , nursing , political science , palliative care
Although many do not seem to recognize it, the half‐millenium‐old tradition of Catholic teachings on providing care at the end of life offers a nuanced, carefully balanced doctrine, centering on a finely tuned distinction between ordinary and extraordinary care. Given the significant Catholic contribution to the contemporary pluralist debate about end of life care, getting clear on that tradition is important.