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• Gerard Magill, PhD, Gallagher Chair

Center for Healthcare Ethics Duquesne University

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• 1. The Assisted Suicide Train.

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Assisted Suicide Legislation

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• 2. Ethical and Religious Directives for

Catholic Health Care Services, 5th ed.

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• 3. Death with Dignity.

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Dignity vs Futile Treatment.

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Futility Debate.

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• 4. Catholic Double Effect Principle (PDE).

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PDE & Cancerous Pregnant Uterus.

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• 5. End of Life Ethics.

ERD, #61. Medicines capable of alleviating

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may be given to a dying patient, even if this therapy may indirectly shorten the person’s life so long as the intent is not to hasten death”

Extraordinary Means.

ERD #57: “A person may forego extraordinary or disproportionate means of preserving life. Disproportionate means are those that in the patient’s judgment do not offer … a reasonable hope

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entail an excessive burden …”

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Extraordinary/Disproportionate Means.

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Assisted Nutrition and Hydration.

ERD #58. “In principle, there is an obligation to provide … (ANH) …

Medically assisted nutrition and hydration become morally optional when they cannot reasonably be expected to prolong life or when they would be excessively burdensome …”

• 6. End of Life Challenges

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Life-limiting Chronic Disease & Palliative Treatment.

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Catholic Health Care: Avoiding Ethical Extremes.

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• 8. End of Life Puzzles:

Terminal Sedation.

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End of Life Puzzles: Donation after Cardiac Death.

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• Conclusion. Dying in Dignity.

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