1. Finding Loving Care At The End of Life
Care & Prepare

2. What to Remember:
Dignity of the Human Person
Resurrection

3. Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Putting someone to death who is disabled, sick, or dying in order to end their suffering
“An action or omission which of itself and by intention causes death, with the purpose of eliminating all suffering” EV 65
Never acceptable

4. Allowing Natural Death
Allowing a person to die means “discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome” CCC 2278
Must provide ordinary care

5. Proportionate & Ordinary Care
Ordinary Care to Preserve Life
Food and water (nutrition & hydration) – always
Ordinary medicine – always
Treatment - depends

6. Proportionate vs. Disproportionate Care
Optional Support to Preserve Life
Burdensome - Extreme pain/discomfort; severe financial hardship
Dangerous - Experimental or life-threatening treatments
Extraordinary - Extreme medical procedures to prolong life
Disproportionate to Expected Outcome - Even with care, life/health would only be helped by a small degree

7. Palliative Care
Care to a dying person who cannot be healed, so that he/she will experience death with love and human dignity
Can use painkillers to alleviate pain even if it hastens death – as long as death is not willed/intended, but simply foreseen and tolerated as inevitable

8. No One Is Alone Those choosing assisted suicide don’t want to die
They are sick, in pain, hurting, and don’t want to feel like a burden
Accompany, reassure, love, care, advocate