Palliative Care and Catholic Health Care
Two Millennia of Caring for the Whole Person
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Beschreibung
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the compatibility of palliative care with the vision of human dignity in the Catholic moral and theological traditions. The unique value of this book is that it presents expert analysis of the major domains of palliative care and how they are compatible with, and enhanced by, the holistic vision of the human person in Catholic health care. This volume will serve as a critically important ethical and theological resource on palliative care, including care at the end of life, for bioethicists, theologians, palliative care specialists, other health care professionals, Catholic health care sponsors, health care administrators and executives, clergy, and students. Patients receiving palliative care and their families will also find this book to be a clarifying and reassuring resource.
The first book to examine all of the eight major domains of palliative care and show their compatibility with Catholic teaching The only book on the moral and theological dimensions of palliative care to address more than the issues of informed consent, spirituality, or life-sustaining treatment Brings together experts and scholars from a diversity of fields to address the compatibility of palliative care and Catholic teaching
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Peter J. Cataldo
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Palliative Medicine Holistic Care End of Life Ethics of End of Life Theology and Ethics Catholic Bioethics End-of-life Care
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“This collection is a resource for a variety of audiences, specifically those involved in Catholic healthcare ministries (including diocesan education programs) and palliative care. … This is a unique, quality addition to the field.” (Addison S Tenorio, Doody's Book Reviews, November 08, 2019)
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