End-of-Life Issues (Hospice, Anointing of the Sick, Last Rites, Funeral Pre-Planning, etc.)
Bulletin, Funeral Preplanning Article.pdf
Bulletin, Funeral Preplanning Worksheet (070715).pdf
Bulletin Insert, Funeral and Estate Preplanning (2014).pdf
Diocese Pamphlet, Funerals (English).pdf
Info Article, Hospice and Palative Care 1 to 3.pdf
Sacrament of Anointing and Hospice Care.pdf
Understanding Hospice from a Catholic Viewpoint.pdf
OTHER AVAILABLE MEDICAL/HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCES
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops entitled Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/health-care/upload/Ethical-Religious-Directives-Catholic-Health-Care-Services-fifth-edition-2009.pdf
End of Life Decisions http://ewtn.org/morals/end-of-life.htm
What is Extraordinary? (as it relates to human medical care) http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/746/article/whats-extraordinary Now and at the Hour of Our Death (A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decision Making by the Catholic Bishops of New York) http://www.nyscatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/End-of-Life-booklet-final.pdf
A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions (National Catholic Bioethics Center) http://www.ncbcenter.org/publications/end-life-guide/
Nutrition and Hydration at the End-of-Life https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=9622
Catholic (and Contemporary) approaches to end-of-life care http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/hour-our-death
Papal Address on life sustaining treatments and "vegetative state" (St. Pope John Paul II)
Papal address on life sustaining treatements and vegetative state (JPII) (2004).pdf
ADVANCED HEALTH CARE/MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
Colorado Advance Medical Directives
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/
Colorado Catholic Conference: Catholic Healthcare Directive information
https://www.cocatholicconference.org/resources-2/catholic-healthcare-directive/
Advance Medical Directives and Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (Medical Ethics Issue)
https://www.chausa.org/docs/default-source/hceusa/d7c16af556c04865a1eef5c9dba0ac751-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=4
Choosing a Health Care Agent (a “proxy” or a “durable power of attorney for health care”)
https://denvercatholic.org/proxies-polsts-good-bad-end-life-planning/
Medical Durable Power of Attorney
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/medical-durable-power-of-attorney/
Living Will
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/living-will/
CPR Directive
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/cpr-directives/
Proxy Decision Makers for Medical Treatment
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/medical-proxy-for-decision-making/
Guidance about Advance Care Planning for Children and Youth with Serious Illness
http://coloradoadvancedirectives.com/advance-directives-in-colorado/children-and-teens/