Amputation is necessary to save his life. The man refuses consent. Answer : Ordinary care — with qualifications. This is one of those difficult cases that could be classified as extraordinary care if it would involve great psychological harm to the patient to be deprived of his leg.
Morally he might feel free to refuse surgery but legally it would probably be ordinary care, which would be lifesaving, the usual course of treatment for gangrene and of minimal risk. Legal decision: Competent adults have the legal right to refuse treatment under the right of bodily integrity and intangibility. It would not be classified as suicide since the patient did not have the intent to cause his own death, but did not want the consequences of loss of limb resulting from surgery.
A year-old woman is dying of cancer. She has only a few days to live. She has severe anemia due to the cancer. Even though a blood transfusion is the usual treatment for severe anemia, the decision is made not to give it. Answer : Extraordinary care: This is an example of a treatment that is ordinary care in most instances but becomes extraordinary care due to the circumstances of the particular case.
The transfusion would not be effective against the advanced cancer and would be burdensome to the patient. These limits were highlighted already in by Pope Pius XII, who pointed out that life, health and earthly actions are allocated, and thus subordinate, to spiritual purposes. Death is seen as an integral element of life, since according to Christian beliefs death is not the end, but the transition to new life. In: AAS 49 , German in: A. He is a founding board member of Sidewalk Advocates for Life, and currently serves on the board of the Casa Vitae Foundation.
He is also a co-editor of two published books, ST. More than anything, Michael is grateful to know the love of Jesus Christ and for his beautiful and holy wife Sarah. Also, sometimes the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means is discussed in terms of proportionate and disproportionate means.
Due Proportion in the Use of Remedies 5 May There are, then, conceivable situations when a feeding tube would not be ordinary care, but this is an exception to the principle that a feeding tube is ordinary care. Freedom and dignity: in life and in death 18 Jan.
Zalta ed. We know from experience, however, that a deep examination of conscience is spiritually beneficial in part because it helps to illuminate our true intentions.
This, however, is a false and misleading claim that confuses intention and motive. Intent refers to what a person contemplates doing, whereas motive refers to why they are doing it or the purpose for which they are doing it. The motive of the person who performs the lethal injection is to relieve the pain of the patient, but the obvious intention behind the lethal injection and the only possible ensuing result is the death of the victim.
The intent to kill is built-in to the very act of euthanasia. In the case of a feeding tube, it is precisely the withholding of the feeding tube that results in the death of the patient by starvation, instead of the patient dying as a result of their preexisting ailment.
Thus, the withdrawal of a feeding tube, in contrast to extraordinary care, causes the death of the patient. Peter, throughout history, by virtue of the privilege handed down to him by Jesus in Matthew Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him to also to bring all things into subjection to himself. Philippians —21 New American Bible. User account menu Log in. Search Search. What does it mean when Catholic teaching states that two extremes must be avoided in end-of-life decisions?
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