Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Topics:

Care for the Dying

	+ Also see End of Life Issues
	+ Also see Nutrition and Hydration
	+ Also see Palliative Care
Church Teaching
	Directive 18 (23K) Reception of the sacrament of Confirmation by Catholics in danger of death Keywords: Confirmation
	Directive 55 (25K) Medical information and spiritual care for those in danger of dying.
	Ethics at the End of Life (26K) Introduction to Part V of the ERDs
Article/Commentary
	Module 10 Talking about 'Futility' to Families of Dying Patients Talking about 'Futility' to Families of Dying Patients: The Scope & Limits of Medical Judgement
	Tips to talk to patients about end-of-life care Tips to help steer families and colleagues clear of futile care.
Web Resource
	Embrace Our Dying Single Focus Organization - Response of the Catholic bishops of California to the political and social efforts to promote the acceptance and eventual legalization of "assisted suicide."
	End-of-life care data base Data base that contains 300 links for end of life care
	Last Acts Single Focus Organization - Last Acts is a campaign to improve end-of-life care, by a coalition of professional and consumer organizations.
	Loretto Institute for the Frail Elderly Single Focus Organization - Site contains a number of resources, including an online ethics course
	Partnership for Caring-America's Voices for the Dying Single Focus Organization - collaboration of people and organizations to improve how people die in our society

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