from a biblical worldview
End of Life Issues
Being sick is costly. However, being alive is also costly—even funerals are costly—but when did it become acceptable for costs to matter over the person?
Georgia is one of 24 states in the U.S. that allows physicians or administrators to override the wishes or desires of an advanced directive.
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of patients receive treatment inconsistent with their wishes.
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of dying patients’ living wills do not cover the clinical realities they face.
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of patients with disorders of consciousness are misdiagnosed.
White Papers on End-of-Life Issues
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
There is growing evidence that those who do not provide clear directions concerning the life-saving measures they would want are more likely to be denied them than to receive them. Many court cases have been decided in favor of removing all forms of life support. Therefore, it is important that those who do not want to be denied life-saving medical treatment, or even food and fluids, make their views known in some form of advance directive.
A Christian Response to "End of Life" Decisions
A Good Death (Podcast) - John T. Dunlop, MD
Death for a Christian is not the end; it is the beginning. It is the means by which God takes his child home to his eternal reward.
Suggested Resources
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Articles on this website address ethical issues that arise surrounding end-of-life care including withholding and withdrawing of treatment, terminal sedation, determination of death, DNR (“do not resuscitate”) orders, artificial nutrition and hydration (“feeding tubes”), euthanasia, assisted suicide, as well as the availability and opportunities associated with palliative medicine and hospice care.