TY - BOOK ID - 77908753 TI - Medical care at the end of life PY - 2006 SN - 1589013670 143563196X 9781435631960 9781589013674 1589011120 9781589011120 9781589011120 PB - Washington, DC Georgetown University Press DB - UniCat KW - Medicine KW - Medical care KW - Medical ethics KW - Health Workforce KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church. KW - bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) KW - euthanasie KW - hulp bij zelfdoding KW - katholicisme KW - levenseinde (einde van het leven, levenseindebeslissing) KW - onbekwaamheid (handelingsonbekwaamheid, wilsonbekwaamheid, beslissingsonbekwaamheid, wilsonbekwame patiënt) KW - therapeutische hardnekkigheid (therapeutische verbetenheid) KW - 241.63*4 KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Health services KW - Healthcare KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - Public health KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Catholic Church KW - bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) KW - assistance au suicide (aide au suicide) KW - catholicisme KW - fin de vie (décision de fin de vie) KW - incompétence KW - acharnement thérapeutique KW - Theologische ethiek: euthanasie KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - 241.63*4 Theologische ethiek: euthanasie KW - Professional ethics. Deontology KW - Christian moral theology KW - Medical law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77908753 AB - For over thirty years, David F. Kelly has worked with medical practitioners, students, families, and the sick and dying to confront the difficult and often painful issues that concern medical treatment at the end of life. In this short and practical book, Kelly shares his vast experience, providing a rich resource for thinking about life's most painful decisions. Kelly outlines eight major issues regarding end-of-life care as seen through the lens of the Catholic medical ethics tradition. He looks at the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means; the difference between killing and a ER -