title: Catholic teaching on prolonging life: setting the record straight.
abstract: Although many do not seem to recognize it, the half-millenium-old tradition of Catholic teachings on providing care at the end of life offers a nuanced, carefully balanced doctrine, centering on a finely tuned distinction between ordinary and extraordinary care. Given the significant Catholic contribution to the contemporary pluralist debate about end of life care, getting clear on that tradition is important.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panicola
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States