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End of Life Issues
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 1/6/05)
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 USCCBON ASSISTED SUICIDE & EUTHANASIAUse of Federally Controlled Drugs 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?
False Freedom and
the Culture of Death, by Richard Doerflinger, 2000 Life at Risk Newsletter, a newsletter, published six times a year, focuses on euthanasia and assisted suicide trends
CHURCH DOCUMENTSStatement 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 BOOKSPower 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
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS End of Life: Catholic Declaration on Life and Death: html doc pdf |