End of Life Resources

Documents & Resources

• End-of-Life Moral-Medical Issues Presentation - Presentation (PowerPoint)

  Dr. Paul Fiacco and Fr Charles Vavonese
  Sponsored by the Diocese of Syracuse and St. Joseph's Health
• TV Interviews of Dr. Fiacco and Fr. Vavonese courtesy of NBC3
• Now and At the Hour of Our Death published by the New York State Catholic Conference (PDF)
• National Catholic Center for Bioethics – Health Care Proxy Form
• National Catholic Center for Bioethics – Advanced Medical Directive
•  National Catholic Bioethics Center sample POLST form
• Catholic NYS Health Care Proxy

Websites

• Catholic Guidance for End-of-Life Decision Making 

• Advanced Care Directives
• The Conversation Project
• End-of-Life Decisions: A Pastoral Guide published by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops
• Ethical and Religious Guidelines for Catholic Health Care in the United States approved by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) 2018
• United States Conference of Bishops