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Let Them Go Free: A Guide to Withdrawing Life Support
Shannon, Thomas A.; Faso, Charles N.
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Description for Let Them Go Free: A Guide to Withdrawing Life Support
paperback. Offers families a way to cope with the problem: What to do when medical treatment sustains life but does not cure or resuscitate a critically ill loved one? This guide helps such families affirm that their choice to remove life support is morally acceptable, warranted, and made in the spirit of love and care for the patient. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
"Let Them Go Free" offers families a way to cope with a problem particular to our time: what to do when medical treatment sustains life but does not cure or resuscitate a critically ill loved one. This straightforward and empathic guide helps such families affirm that their choice to remove life support is morally acceptable, warranted, and made in the spirit of love and care for the patient. With an emphasis on maintaining openness and trust among all involved in the decision-making process, this helpful guide skillfully addresses the questions that must be asked to assess the best course of ... Read more
"Let Them Go Free" offers families a way to cope with a problem particular to our time: what to do when medical treatment sustains life but does not cure or resuscitate a critically ill loved one. This straightforward and empathic guide helps such families affirm that their choice to remove life support is morally acceptable, warranted, and made in the spirit of love and care for the patient. With an emphasis on maintaining openness and trust among all involved in the decision-making process, this helpful guide skillfully addresses the questions that must be asked to assess the best course of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589011403
SKU
V9781589011403
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About Shannon, Thomas A.; Faso, Charles N.
Thomas A. Shannon is professor emeritus of religion and social ethics in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Charles N. Faso, OFM, is a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest in Chicago, Illinois.
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