Catholics believe that Christ told Christians to love all the humanity. Catholics believe people when dying to need spirituality. When it comes to an end of life care their spiritual beliefs give the reason why patients are obliged to choose ordinary methods for preserving life. Factors for preserving life are medicines, advanced treatments, and operations which give hope to the patient. all these factors should be available without excessive expense, pain or other inconvenience.
• Dying needs spirituality
• Acting with love
• advanced treatments
Autonomy
The ethical and legal concerns with end-of-life care need to focus on the interest of patients. Autonomy is the foundation for patients who have the ability to make decisions yet there is a concern for patients who lack this capacity. Their wishes must be respected by relatives or other health care proxies When individuals lose the capacity to make their own medical decisions this is where the care team looks to see if they have an advance directive. Verbal statements made by patients may also be useful in determining what medical treatments they do and do not want.
• Ethical concern
• Autonomy
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