
May Life-Sustaining Treatment Be Withheld or Withdrawn? | Prof. Gina Noia
The Thomistic Institute
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Catholic Medical Treatment Decision-Making
How much and how to promote the goods of health is a matter of prudence. The Catholic tradition distinguishes between ordinary and extraordinary means. Ordinary means are medical treatments that are morally obligatory. Extraordinary means in the tradition are also called disproportionate means.
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