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Euthanasia

Euthanasia. Euthanasia. From the Greek root “ euthanatos ” Eu : meaning “good” Thanatos : meaning “death”

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Euthanasia

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  1. Euthanasia

  2. Euthanasia • From the Greek root “euthanatos” • Eu: meaning “good” • Thanatos: meaning “death” • Sometimes referred to as “mercy killing”. “The intentional termination of life by another at the explicit request of the person who dies.” The term implies that the person who wishes to commit suicide must initiate the act.

  3. Types of Euthanasia • Active Euthanasia • A person directly and deliberately causes the patient’s death. Death is brought about by an act –

  4. Passive Euthanasia • Death is brought about by an omission.When they don’t actively take the persons life, they just allow them to die. Even thought the person doesn’t actively “kill” the person, they are aware that the result of their inaction will be the death of the patient. • Withdrawing treatment such as respirators and feeding tubes • Not administering CPR

  5. Voluntary euthanasia • Occurs at the request of the person who dies. • Non-voluntary euthanasia • Occurs when the person is unconscious or otherwise unable to make a meaningful choice between living and dying, and an appropriate person takes the decision on their behalf. • Involuntary euthanasia • Occurs when the person who dies chooses life and is killed anyway. This is really murder, but it is possible to imagine cases where the killer would count it as being for the benefit of the person who dies.

  6. Ordinary Means of Care • “All medicines, treatments, and operations, which offer a reasonable hope of benefit and which can be obtained and used without excessive expense, pain, or other inconveniences.”

  7. Extraordinary Means of Care • “All medicines, treatments, and operations, which cannot be obtained or used without excessive expense, pain, or other inconveniences, or which, if used, would not offer a reasonable hope of benefit.”

  8. Catholic Church Teaching • The Catholic moral tradition holds that one is morally obliged to use the ordinary means of sustaining life, but not obliged to make use of extraordinary means. There are particular circumstances for every case. The USCCB acknowledge that what may be ordinary in one situation may not be in another.

  9. Catechism • “Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary or disproportionate…can be legitimate…when the purpose is not to cause death.” (#2278) • “The use of pain-killers to alleviate sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable.” (2279)

  10. John Paul II • “We must never forget that every person, from the moment of conception to the last breath, is a unique child of God and has the right to life. This right should be defended by the attentive care of the medical and nursing professions and by the protection of the law. Every human life is willed by our Heavenly Father and is a part of his loving plan.”

  11. Care for the Dying • Living Will • Hospice

  12. Living Will • Are declarations made by a competent adult (designated decision maker) about the health care they would like for themselves if in the future they become seriously ill, injured, or incapable of making their wishes known

  13. Addresses 2 concerns • Individuals retain some control over the administration or withdrawal of medical treatment. • Relieves family members from making life or death decisions

  14. Hospice • Initiated in 1960’s by Dame Cicely Saunders • Hospice; taken from the word hospitality • Refers to not a place but an approach to being with and caring for dying persons • Incorporates a variety of services designed for people who are terminally ill

  15. Hospice • An intense multi-faceted, spiritually based approach to assisting people through the dying process

  16. Five Approaches to Dying • Considers death and dying as a normal aspect of life • Advocates family involvement in caring for the dying person, including care within the person’s home for as long as it is beneficial

  17. Five Approaches to Dying 3) Hospice seeks to help those who are dying to be givers as well as receivers of care in a community of mutual support

  18. Five Approaches to Dying 4) Actively involves dying persons in decision making 5) Sees the spiritual dimension as very important for dying persons and fosters spiritual preparation for death

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