 | + 5th Edition of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care (162K)
Revisions regarding Nutrition and Hydration |
| + CHA Commentary on Statement regarding ANH and PVS patients (309K)
From Catholic Health World, 23(17), 2007 |
 | + Commentary on the Released Statement concerning ANH and PVS Patients (43K)
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH |
| + Released Statement Concerning ANH and PVS patients (25K)
RESPONSES TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION AND HYDRATION |
| Module 12 Bibliography (31K)
The ethical issues surrounding artificial hydration and nutrition - A bibliography |
 | Module 12 Powerpoint Presentation on Withholding Nutrition & Hydration (194K)
Presentation
Keywords: Nutrition, Hydration |
| Church Teaching |
| Directive 59 (24K)
Requests to use or withdraw life-sustaining procedures; Catholic moral teaching |
| Nutrition and Hydration for the Dying (26K)
Spanish Dominican theologian Francisco di Vittoria, 1557, grounds the teaching of the Ethical and Religious Directives on the obligation to use food to prolong life. |
| Papal Allocution on Nutrition & Hydration (35K)
March 20, 2004 Address of John Paul II to participants in the International Congress on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State."
Keywords: Pope |
 | Review of Papal Allocution
National Catholic Reporter review of Papal Allocution on PVS, by Tom Shannon and James Walter |
| Summary of Church teaching (32K)
CHA's historical summary of Church teaching on Nutrition and Hydration |
| Article/Commentary |
| Discussion Questions on Nutrition and Hydration (28K)
Classroom resource |
| Q & A on Nutrition and Hydration (27K)
CHA's Q & A on Nutrition and Hydration for PVS pateints |
| Web Resource |
| Compassion and Support at the End of Life
Web page resource for Care at the End of Life |
| Case |
| Case of Robert Wendland
Case and Statement of Bishop Stephen E. Blaire
Keywords: Case |
| Case of Terri Schiavo (26K)
Keywords: Case |
| Module 05 Case of Martha (28K)
Keywords: Case |
| Module 14 Suing to Stay on Life Support
Article discussing English court case in which a competent patient preemptively sought a legal ruling to prevent the withdrawl of hydration.
Keywords: hydration, withdrawal, law |
| Module 15 Case of Elizabeth Bouvia (33K)
Keywords: Case |
| Robert Wendland The Lawyers
Robert Wendland - What the Lawyers Argued.
Keywords: Legal, Case |
