In recent years, end-of-life issues have been making headlines. Five European countries have legalized euthanasia and in the United States, assisted suicide is legal in 9 states and Washington, D.C. And, as of June this year, voluntary assisted dying is legal in every Australian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the Vatican published a document explaining its teachings on end-of-life issues. Entitled, \u201cSmall lexicon for end-of-life\u201d, it breaks down important words and phrases dealing with topics like euthanasia, the vegetative state and assisted suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Written by members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, its goal is to reiterate the Church's traditional stance on these topics and avoid misinterpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, the document clarifies the three circumstances where it is morally acceptable to withdraw artificial nutrition and hydration. These are when: The new Vatican document ends with a form where a person can outline how they wish to approach health care treatments in the face of illness, disability and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GABRIELLA GAMBINO \u201cSmall lexicon for end-of-life\u201d builds on the document the Vatican released four years ago that re-emphasizes the importance of \u201cupholding\u2026the relationship and dialogue between patient and healthcare providers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cSmall lexicon for end-of-life\u201d breaks down important words and phrases dealing with topics like euthanasia, the vegetative state and assisted suicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":70310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,162,25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EGLE2Xq7Cac","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdocumentofinevitaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdocumentofinevitaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70315,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70313\/revisions\/70315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1) They are no longer clinically effective, meaning when the tissues are no longer able to absorb the administered substances.<\/em>
2) They are unavailable in the healthcare setting.<\/em>
3) They cause the patient \u201cexcessive burden or significant physical discomfort\u201d due to the instruments used.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under-secretary, Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life<\/strong>
In sickness, patients desperately need help making sense of their tremendous suffering, going beyond mere human reasoning and emotions, with a perspective that encompasses the entire spiritual and transcendent dimension of the person.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n