Catholic Church's Position on Medical Use of End of Life Remedies

It is permitted in conscience to take the decision to refuse forms of treatment that would only secure a precarious and burdensome prolongation of life.

FF #399 End-of-Life Care for the Catholic Patient

Physician-Assisted Dying: Any medical intervention that seeks to hasten death (including all forms of physician-assisted dying) is morally ...

End-of-Life Care and Catholic Ethics

BY: REV. · What is the church's position when it comes to pain alleviation and end-of-life care? · The directive you quoted says that patients experiencing pain ...

A Catholic Perspective on End-of-Life Care | One Voice Magazine

The Church recognizes that some medical treatments may be morally obligatory while others are morally optional. Ordinary means of preserving ...

Catholic End-of-Life Care - Crossroads Hospice

First, the Catholic Church does not allow euthanasia for terminally ill patients. But when a patient has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, the Catholic ...

Caring For Loved Ones At Life's End | USCCB

Seek to understand the Catholic Church's teaching on end-of-life care, which ... life by using medical treatments that are ineffective or unduly burdensome.

A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions for Individuals and Families

Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2278. Page 7. 7. Weighing the burdens and benefits of particular medical treatments for each individual requires us to ...

Catholic Church's Position on Suicide & Euthanasia

Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of ...

End of Life Decisions: Ordinary versus Extraordinary Means | EWTN

Since the middle ages, however, Catholic theologians have recognized that human beings are not morally obligated to undergo every possible medical treatment to ...

Frequently Asked Questions About End-of-Life Care

Food and water—whether by mouth or by artificial means—are considered obligatory unless a person is imminently dying. However, the use of other ...

End-of-Life Care and the Catholic Medical Professional - PMC

Preservation of life and respect for its sanctity brings the Catholic Church in concert with mainstream medicine. Many people struggle with decisions about ...

What the Church teaches on end of life hydration/nutrition

Such “treatments” can be renounced “when death is imminent and cannot be prevented.” Why? Because they can “only yield a precarious and painful ...

Palliative Care - Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

Catholic moral teaching holds that the benefits of medical treatment must be weighed against its burdens. While the Church upholds that all life is sacred ...

End of Life Concerns - Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City

Euthanasia is an intrinsically evil act, in every situation or circumstance. The Church has already affirmed that euthanasia is a grave violation of the Law of ...

Talk on a Catholic Guide to Medical Decisions, and to End-of-Life ...

The dignity of a person must be recognized in every human being from conception to natural death. The Church's moral teachings flow principally ...

Caring for People at the End of Life - Catholic Health Association

benefits and burdens of medical treatments for the patient. In doing so, the ... TEACHINGS OF THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH. Caring for People at the End of Life.

care at the end of life - Diocese of Manchester

use of medical treatment to extend life artificially and prolong the ... WHAT EVERY CATHOLIC SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHURCH TEACHING ON CARE AT THE END OF LIFE ...

Religious Groups' Views on End-of-Life Issues | Pew Research Center

The Roman Catholic Church strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The church teaches that life should not be prematurely ...

Vatican clear on end-of-life care - The Catholic Weekly

“The Church is convinced of the necessity to reaffirm as definitive teaching that euthanasia is a crime against human life because, in this act, ...

Understanding Hospice From a Catholic Viewpoint

The discussion of one's own death is difficult for people of all religions. Confusion and controversy over church teachings have led well meaning families to ...