The bottom line is that in Catholic hospitals the directives imposed by the Catholic leadership favor the preservation of life as long as its beneficial to the patient over the patient’s pre decided decision to end their lives. In order to show that Catholic health institutions should be allowed to follow the catholic directives over End of life directives of patients we will look at the following case study. In the following case study it mentions natural death laws and as such requires a definition. A natural death law is a law that states that it is legally alright for a physician or patient to opt out of life sustaining treatments, thus letting nature take its course. An example of which is the Washington state natural death act. This act legalizes physician assisted suicide and the rights of the patient to return home to pass away. (Gardner,
The bottom line is that in Catholic hospitals the directives imposed by the Catholic leadership favor the preservation of life as long as its beneficial to the patient over the patient’s pre decided decision to end their lives. In order to show that Catholic health institutions should be allowed to follow the catholic directives over End of life directives of patients we will look at the following case study. In the following case study it mentions natural death laws and as such requires a definition. A natural death law is a law that states that it is legally alright for a physician or patient to opt out of life sustaining treatments, thus letting nature take its course. An example of which is the Washington state natural death act. This act legalizes physician assisted suicide and the rights of the patient to return home to pass away. (Gardner,