Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Law
Consumer-Directed Healthcare By Any Other Name Would Be… Obamacare, Jeffrey B. Hammond
Consumer-Directed Healthcare By Any Other Name Would Be… Obamacare, Jeffrey B. Hammond
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Cura Personalis: A Healthcare Delivery Quandary At The End Of Life, George P. Smith Ii
Cura Personalis: A Healthcare Delivery Quandary At The End Of Life, George P. Smith Ii
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
Holistic Medicine traces its provenance to the foundational value or chrism of the Society of Jesus of cura personalis which directs respect be given to all individuals and to their souls — especially whenever medical healing is required. Today, the notion of best patient care should include not merely attention to somatic issues of refractory pain management but, equally, to non-somatic or existential suffering. It is at the end-stage of life that palliative — as opposed to curative — care must be provided. When a condition is seen as medically futile, this Article advocates palliative or deep sedation — when …