How this law was created
Legal definition of death, describe
Define dying within context of faith, basic principle about human life
Bioethical Analysis of Pain Management - Pain Relief
What is the difference between Pain and suffering? Explain
Diagnosis / Prognosis: define both.
Ordinary / Extraordinary means of life support. Explain the bioethical analysis.
Killing or allowing to die? Define both and explain which one is ethically correct and why?
Catholic declaration on life and death; give a summary of this document: https://ecatholic-sites.s3.amazonaws.com/17766/documents/2018/11/CDLD.pdf (Links to an external site.)
What is free and informed consent from the Catholic perspective?
Define Proxi, Surrogate
Explain:
Advance Directives
Living Will
PoA / Durable PoA
DNR
Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 55, 59, 61, 62.
Ethical and Religious Directives for
Catholic Health Care Services
- In compliance with federal law, a Catholic health care institution will make available to
patients information about their rights, under the laws of their state, to make an advance 14
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directive for their medical treatment. The institution, however, will not honor an advance
directive that is contrary to Catholic teaching. If the advance directive conflicts with
Catholic teaching, an explanation should be provided as to why the directive cannot be
honored. - Each person may identify in advance a representative to make health care decisions as his
or her surrogate in the event that the person loses the capacity to make health care
decisions. Decisions by the designated surrogate should be faithful to Catholic moral
principles and to the person’s intentions and values, or if the person’s intentions are
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