Artificial Nutrition and Hydration : The New Catholic Debate
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40617
edited by Christopher Tollefsen.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2008.
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Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. While many Catholic bioethicists defended the Pope's claim that the life of all human beings, even those in a persistent vegetative state or a coma, was worth protecting, others argued that the Pope's position marked a shift from the traditional Catholic teaching on the withdrawal of medical tre…
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- Tollefsen, Christopher
- Responsibility
- edited by Christopher Tollefsen
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 229 p.)
- Series Vol.
- 93
- 5
- Series Title
- Philosophy and medicine
- Catholic studies in bioethics
- ISBN
- 9781402062070
- 9781402062063 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Catholicism
- Fluid Therapy - ethics
- Nutritional Support - ethics
- Persistent Vegetative State - therapy
- Religion and Medicine
- Terminal Care - ethics
- Abstract
- Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. While many Catholic bioethicists defended the Pope's claim that the life of all human beings, even those in a persistent vegetative state or a coma, was worth protecting, others argued that the Pope's position marked a shift from the traditional Catholic teaching on the withdrawal of medical treatment at the end of life. The debate among Catholic bioethicists over the Pope's statement only grew more intense during the controversy surrounding Terry Schiavo's death in 2005, as bioethicists on both sides of the debate argued about the legitimacy of removing her feeding tubes. This collection of essays by some of the most prominent Catholic bioethicists addresses the Pope's statements, the moral issues surrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the refusal of treatment, and the ethics of care for those at the end of life.
- Contents
- Part I. The Issue -- Why do Unresponsive Patients Still Matter? -- Are We Morally Obliged to Feed PVS Patients Till Natural Death? -- Caring for Persons in the "Persistent Vegetative State" and Pope John Paul II's March 20 2004 Address "On Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State" -- Food and Fluids: Human Law, Human Rights and Human Interests -- Part II. Philosophers Address the Issue -- Quality of Life and Assisted Nutrition -- Towards Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration -- Understanding the Ethics of Artificially Providing Food and Water -- The Ethics of Pope John Paul's Allocution on Care of the PVS Patient: A Response to J.L.A. Garcia -- Part III. Symposium on the Views of Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P. -- Reflections on the Papal Allocution Concerning Care For PVS Patients -- The Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients: A Reply to Fr. O'Rourke -- Response to Patrick Lee -- The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique of the View of Kevin O'Rourke, O.P. -- Part IV. Concluding Reflections -- Ten Errors Regarding End of Life Issues, and Especially Artificial Nutrition and Hydration.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Decision making near the end of life : issues, developments and future directions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23606
Werth, James L., Jr.
--New York, NY:
Routledge
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WB 310 D294 2009
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 310 D294 2009
- Author
- Werth, James L., Jr.
- Other Authors
- Blevins, Dean
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xxv, 390 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Series in death, dying, and bereavement
- ISBN
- 9780415954488
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Terminally Ill
- Terminal Care - ethics
- Decision Making
- Contents
- Adolescent end-of-life decision making: family-centered advance care planning -- The grip of pain -- Decision making in the absence of advance directives : a personal story of letting go -- A hastened death -- How people die in the United States -- The media and end-of-life choices and decisions -- Three female faces : the law of end-of-life decision making in America -- End-of-life choices -- Decision making in palliative care -- Communication related to end-of-life care and decisions -- Dying in institutions -- What would Terri want? : advance directive and the psychological challenges of surrogate decision making -- The possible impact of mental health issues on end-of-life decision making -- Family end-of-life decision making -- Religious and spiritual perspectives on life-threatening illness, dying, and death-- Culture, individual diversity, and end-of-life decisions-- Decisions by and for adults with questionnable mental capacity : focus on dementia -- Pediatric patient-oriented problem solving near the end of life.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
End-of-Life Communication in the ICU : A Global Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28963
edited by David W. Crippen.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2008.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Crippen, David W
- Responsibility
- edited by David W. Crippen
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387729664
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attitude to Death
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Critical Care - psychology
- Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Terminal Care - ethics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Medical ethics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The ethics of palliative care : European perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21073
Have, Hen Ten.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Open University Press
, 2002.
- Call Number
- WB 310 H383e 2002
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 310 H383e 2002
- Author
- Have, Hen Ten
- Other Authors
- Clark, David
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2002
- Series Title
- Facing death
- ISBN
- 0335211410
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Palliative Care - ethics
- Terminal Care - ethics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The moral challenge of Alzheimer disease : ethical issues from diagnosis to dying
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34122
Stephen G. Post.
(2nd ed.)
--Baltimore, MD:
Johns Hopkins University Press
, c2000.
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Society today, writes Stephen Post, is 'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view—and value—persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised acco…
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- Author
- Post, Stephen G
- Responsibility
- Stephen G. Post
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Alternate Title
- The moral challenge of Alzheimer's disease
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Date of Publication
- c2000
- Physical Description
- 163 p.
- ISBN
- 9780801864100
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease
- Ethics, Clinical
- Euthanasia - ethics
- Hospice Care - ethics
- Terminal Care - ethics
- Abstract
- Society today, writes Stephen Post, is 'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view—and value—persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised account of the major ethical issues relating to dementia care. With chapters organized to follow the progression from mild to severe and then terminal stages of dementia, Post discusses topics including the experience of dementia, family caregiving, genetic testing for Alzheimer disease, quality of life, and assisted suicide and euthanasia. New to this edition are sections dealing with end-of-life issues (especially artificial nutrition and hydration), the emerging cognitive-enhancing drugs, distributive justice, spirituality, and hospice, as well as a critique of rationalistic definitions of personhood. The last chapter is a new summary of practical solutions useful to family members and professionals.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients : Medicolegal and Forensic Aspects at the Interface of Mental Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44447
Meera Balasubramaniam, Aarti Gupta, Rajesh R. Tampi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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This book offers a comprehensive view of ethical, medicolegal, and forensic issues common to aging psychiatric patients. Written by experts in the field, this volume includes assessments of each patient’s capacity to make decisions, live independently, manage finances, drive a vehicle, have sexual relations, and a wide array of other topics in the context of ethics and the law. The text also discusses guardianship and care for patients who are no longer fit to handle their own care and the ethi…
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- Other Authors
- Balasubramaniam, Meera
- Gupta, Aarti
- Tampi, Rajesh R.
- Responsibility
- Meera Balasubramaniam, Aarti Gupta, Rajesh R. Tampi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 246 p.) : 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030151720
- 9783030151713 (Print ed.)
- 9783030151737 (Print ed.)
- Specialty
- Ethics
- Geriatrics
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This book offers a comprehensive view of ethical, medicolegal, and forensic issues common to aging psychiatric patients. Written by experts in the field, this volume includes assessments of each patient’s capacity to make decisions, live independently, manage finances, drive a vehicle, have sexual relations, and a wide array of other topics in the context of ethics and the law. The text also discusses guardianship and care for patients who are no longer fit to handle their own care and the ethical dilemmas associated with these challenges. Finally, the text covers aging adults in the criminal justice system from an epidemiological perspective—a problem that is steadily increasing in many nations, including the United States. Psychiatric Ethics in Late-Life Patients is an excellent resource for all physicians navigating legal and ethical scenarios involving aging patients, including general, geriatric, and forensic psychiatrists, geriatricians, primary care providers, geriatric nurses, social workers, public health officials, and all others.
- Contents
- Part I. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 1. Aging: Balancing Autonomy and Beneficence -- 2. The Capacity to Make Medical Decisions -- 3. The Capacity to Live Independently -- 4. The Capacity to Manage Finances -- 5. Capacity to Manage Critical Domains of Living: Driving, Voting, and Sexual Expression -- 6. Ethical Challenges in Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stages of Dementia -- 7. Research Ethics in Geriatric Psychiatry -- Part II. Medicolegal Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 8. Advance Healthcare Planning -- 9. Surrogate Decision-Making -- 10. Guardianship -- 11. Elder Abuse -- Part III. Forensic Aspects of Geriatric Psychiatry -- 12. Social Determinants and Mental Health Among Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System -- 13. Capacity to Stand Trial Evaluations for Geriatric Defendants -- 14. Responding to Crisis of Aging People in Prison: Global Promising Practices and Initiatives.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Skill of End-of-Life Communication for Clinicians : Getting to the Root of the Ethical Dilemma
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41849
Kathleen Benton.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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- Online
With a focus on end-of-life discussion in aging and chronically ill populations, this book offers insight into the skill of communicating in complex and emotionally charged discussions. This text is written for all clinicians and professionals in the fields of healthcare and public health who are faced with questions of ethical deliberation when a patient's illness turns from chronic to terminal. This skill is required to manage care well in an age of advanced technology, and numerous autonomou…
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- Author
- Benton, Kathleen
- Responsibility
- Kathleen Benton
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 81 pages)
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in ethics
- ISBN
- 9783319604442
- 9783319604435 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2211-8101
- Abstract
- With a focus on end-of-life discussion in aging and chronically ill populations, this book offers insight into the skill of communicating in complex and emotionally charged discussions. This text is written for all clinicians and professionals in the fields of healthcare and public health who are faced with questions of ethical deliberation when a patient's illness turns from chronic to terminal. This skill is required to manage care well in an age of advanced technology, and numerous autonomous choices. With a palliative care and ethics focus, the manuscript provides case studies illustrating issues which occur in the acuity and chronicity of end of life. Clear tools for clinicians, such as scripting and the "advance care planning video library" are included. The book focuses on the unique concept of outpatient ethics, including readmission prevention and shortened length of stay through good communication for clinicians who will be required to conduct this discussion with patients. The ethical undertone in this text provides a perfect opening for application in healthcare ethics classes, both in fields of public health and healthcare. Medical scholars and physicians, nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, as well as social workers, both in practice and training, will benefit from this text.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to Daniel -- 2 Defining the Patient Population -- 3. Ethics and the Medicalization of Death -- 4. Ethics End-of-Life Cases -- 5. The Skills of Communicating Clearly -- Epilogue.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment : guidance for decision making
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23587
British Medical Association.
(3rd ed.)
--Malden, MA:
Blackwell Pub. | BMA
, 2007.
- Call Number
- WB 310 W824 2007
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WB 310 W824 2007
- Corporate Author
- British Medical Association
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Malden, MA
- Publisher
- Blackwell Pub.
- BMA
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 126 p.
- ISBN
- 9781405159579
- Other Subjects
- United Kingdom
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Practice Guideline
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
