Therapeutic Overzealousness. A Debate on Criteria for Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment

Greater human longevity is one of the biggest achievements of medicine. Timely medical interventions save countless human lives. But some of them, especially those undertaken in the face of imminent death, often generate serious ethical dilemmas. After reaching a certain...

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Main Author: Marian Machinek
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press 2015-09-01
Series:The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/1524/1424