Palliative care provides comfort care specialized in providing patients relief from pain and other symptoms pf serious illnesses. The videos below can help you understand more about end of life care (palliative care and hospice care) and end of life decisions. The Archdiocese of Melbourne in Australia has created lot of resources to educate the laity on palliative care and euthanasia which can be accessed below.
Killing the Pain Not the Patient: Palliative Care vs Assisted Suicide
The USCCB website provides an article highlighting the difference between palliative care and assisted suicide. It can be accessed here.
End of Life
Does your family need guidance on how to think through the decisions facing you as a loved one nears the end of his or her life?
This Catholic Guide by the NYS Catholic Conference is designed to explain the moral principles of Catholic teaching in end-of-life decision-making and outlines the options that exist in NY State for advanced care planning.