To die well a Catholic neurosurgeon's guide to the end of life
"Dr. Stephen Doran draws from his vast experience as a neurosurgeon, a bioethicist, and a permanent deacon to present the Catholic perspective on the art of dying well. The spiritual and moral issues related to death and the process of dying can be challenging and complicated. 'To die well' provides...
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San Francisco, California :
Ignatius Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I, Morality: Medically assisted nutrition ; Withdrawing care ; Palliative care, hospice, and pain control at the end of life ; Advance directives ; Brain death ; Perinatal death ; Euthanasia ; COVID and dying alone ; Deaths of despair
- Part II, Spirituality: Dying well ; Dying to the world ; What comes next ; Death and suffering ; Anointing of the sick ; Food for the journey ; Funerals and wakes ; Cremation
- Conclusion.
