In this episode of Family Matters, Simon O’Connor speaks with Dr. Sharon Quick, a retired anesthesiologist and bioethicist, about the medical and ethical realities of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Drawing from her years of experience, Dr. Quick explains what actually occurs when lethal drugs are used to end a person’s life. As a member of the […]
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In this presentation, Michael Arthur Vacca, M.Theol., JD, BA, Catholic bioethicist and Director of Ministry, Bioethics, and Membership Experience at Christ Medicus Foundation, addresses the moral and spiritual dangers of assisted suicide. Rooted in Catholic teaching, he explains how terms such as “death with dignity” and “medical aid in dying” obscure the reality of assisted
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By Heidi Klessig, MD Originally published on Physicians For Compassionate Care Education Foundation “Stories” page. Republished here with permission. On the morning of our son’s sixth birthday, my husband woke up feeling dizzy. Very dizzy. So dizzy that he vomited every time he tried to sit up. At the emergency room, his symptoms didn’t improve
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