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Parish Respect Life Manual

End of Life Issues

PROGRAM	Video Presentation
	Program Materials & Handouts
			Agenda pdf version
			Catholic Teaching on Nutrition & Hydration pdf version
			Comfort & Hope for the Dying: How We Can Help the Dying pdf version
			Comfort & Hope for the Dying: Some Major Fears of the Dying pdf version
			Concerns at the End of Life:  Definitions pdf version
			Concerns at the End of Life:  Advance Care Planning - Do's & Don'ts pdf version
			Quotes to Live By pdf version
			Six Teachings Every Catholic Should Know About End of Life Issues & Care for the Dying pdf version

End of Life Issues Task Force

Parish Respect Life End of Life Issues Committee Chairman - Job Description

RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

Advance Directives - Living Will & Healthcare Surrogate Designation: 

Catholic Declaration on Life and Death, La Declaración Católica sobre la Vida y la Muerte, Florida Catholic Conference, 2005.  (Revised 1/1/05)

Understanding the Catholic Declaration on Life and Death, Directriz Anticipada de la Declaración Católica

Questions Regarding the Medical Treatment of the Dying, Florida Catholic Conference, 1995.

The Dignity of Life in a Culture of Death (A Reflection on Assisted Suicide) - Florida Catholic Conference Commentary, 2001.  This edition of Commentary is a pastoral reflection and was developed at the behest of the Florida Bishops to assist pastors and the faithful in understanding Church teaching on the question of assisted suicide.  It is a collaborative work by Revs. Alfred Cioffi, STD, Steven O’Hala, STD and George Ratzmann, STD.  This document is among many other resources available on the Florida Catholic Conference website under the End of Life Decision section.

Mercy or Murder:  A Pastoral Letter on Euthanasia,1994.  Bishop John J. Nevins.

ARTICLES & FACT SHEETS FROM THE USCCB 

ON ASSISTED SUICIDE & EUTHANASIA

Use of Federally Controlled Drugs and Assisted Suicide

Oregon and Assisted Suicide

Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Assisted Suicide, testimony of Cardinal Bernard Law, 1997, to the House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment

U.S. Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide

Assisted Suicide: What is at Stake?
Public Opinion on Physician-Assisted Suicide: Difference by Age and Health Status

False Freedom and the Culture of Death, by Richard Doerflinger, 2000
Dying Well, Assisted Suicide, and the Law, by Cathleen M. Kavney, 1999
Killing the Pain, Not the Patient, by Richard Doerflinger, 1998
The Quality of Life: Who's the Judge?, by Richard Doerflinger, 1996

Life at Risk Newsletter, a newsletter, published six times a year, focuses on euthanasia and assisted suicide trends

CHURCH DOCUMENTS

Statement on Euthanasia, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Administrative Committee, 1991

Declaration on Euthanasia, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1980

Excerpts of Church and Other DocumentsRelated to Assisted Suicide, Florida Catholic Conference

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Power Over Pain: How to Get the Pain Control You Need by Eric M. Chevlen, M.D. and Wesley J. Smith.  Published by International Task Force, Steubenville, Ohio, 2002.

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

USCCB	www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/euthanas/index.shtml
Florida Catholic Conference	www.flacathconf.org/AdvocacyAreas/Health/EndofLifeHealthCare/
International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force	www.iaetf.org
Physicians for Compassionate Care	www.pccef.org
Euthanasia.com	www.euthanasia.com

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

End of Life:  Catholic Declaration on Life and Death: html doc pdf