A Topic of Moral Theology
The doctor and the dying
Warning of danger; baptism in emergencies; the sacraments.
See also Absolving the dying and the unconscious — in Absolution · Who may receive Extreme Unction — in The Recipient of Extreme Unction
Also asked about as…
dying patient · last rites for patient · telling a patient they're dying (ed.)
In the index as Baptism · Dying, duties toward the · Cesarean section · Doctor · Knowledge · Morphine · Physician
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter IV. Medical Men, n. 4 — When the patient is in danger of death, the doctor is bound out of charity to warn him or those who attend on him of his danger, in order that he may make all necessary preparations for death if it should come about. A m… Read in context →
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture VI. The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties, nn. ¶33, ¶34, ¶35 & ¶36 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Seven: On the Obligations of Physicians, nn. 378, 379, 380 & 381 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Medical Men — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)