Posts tagged Dementia
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 064: Defending the Dignity of Those with Dementia
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 064: Defending the Dignity of Those with Dementia

When our ability to think rationally or choose freely becomes clouded or even eliminated by dementia, we still remain at root the kind of creature who is rational and free, and the bearer of inalienable human dignity.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDeath and Dying, Caring for the Elderly and Infirm, Suffering, Dementia, Disabilities and the Disabled, End-of-Life Issues
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 058: Towards “Passive Euthanasia”
Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 058: Towards “Passive Euthanasia”

Recognizing that dehydration is a painful way to die serves as a helpful starting point to assist family members in addressing the nutrition and hydration needs of their loved ones who may find themselves in compromised states or approaching the end of life.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationPersistent Vegetative State (PVS), Proportionate and Disproportionate Means, Suffering, Death and Dying, Dementia, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, End-of-Life Issues, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia