Make serious health-care decisions with confidence. This little book shows you how.

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The Health-Care Decision Guide for Catholics, 2nd ed. rev. presents a faith-based method for making life and death choices and other serious medical decisions. It carries the imprimatur of Sean P. Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, that ensures the accuracy of Catholic content. But, it's not just for Catholics. Anyone can use it as a guide to relieve the anxiety and uncertainty of making health-care decisions. It reduces complex Church doctrine to a plain-language checklist, leading you to a reasonable choice in even the most challenging health-care situation. And best of all: PEACE OF MIND INCLUDED WITH EVERY BOOK! Specifications: Paperback, 50 pages 5" x 7" Price: U.S. $9.95 Add 6.25% sales tax for orders going to a Massachusetts address

This book offers more than sound advice. It gives you a place to start and a path to follow that leads you to a guilt-free medical decision in every case.


What people are saying:

  • "In the moment when a doctor asks you the question about treatment for your dying loved one, you need an answer....The Healtlh Care Decision Guide for Catholics by Patricia Stewart is a valuable and indispensible resource for all people of faith. In simple language, this book guides the reader through four questions that help illuminate faith-based choices for medical care. Stewart offers a sound breakdown on Church teaching and helps families arrive at a morally acceptable health-care choice, free of the fear and guilt that frequently accompanies these decisions. The Office of Gift Planning and Stewardship of the Archdiocese of Boston officially recommends it."
    ★★★★★ Richard Ely Former Director of Gift Planning and Stewardship Archdiocese of Boston
  • This book answered many quetions that I have had. It fills a need to know what to do in certain circumstances. My aunt died at the age of 91. She still had full mental faculties and was able to ask me many of the questions posed in your book. In this book, the facts were presented clearly, and easy to read, without burdening one with too much wordiness. Thank you. This book will be so valuable to me in my service to our Lord as Lay Hospital MInister. ★★★★★ Angela W.
  • "We all owe Patricia Stewart a special debt of gratitute for The Health-Care Decision Guide for Catholics . It's subtitled How to make faith-based choices for medical care and life-sustaining treatment. And, like any first-rate how-to book, it's practical, clear, concise, and direct - in every sense user friendly."
    ★★★★★ - Ronald K. Tacell, S.J., Ph.D. Boston College
  • I loved your guide. It's format is ismple and ever so practical. I wish I would have had this when I was serving as a hospital chaplain. You have covered all the bases.
    ★★★★★ - Deacon A.
  • "Having The Health-Care Decision Guild to refer to when I had to make life-saving decisions about my dad's care, relieved my anxiety and gave me a clear path to follow in choosing the proper treatment for him. I am so grateful for your book. Thank you for writing it."
    ★★★★★ - Cydney D.
It's easy to instruct your medical decision-maker how to choose your health care. Just attach The Catholic Statement of Beliefs and Decision-Making Standards, described below, to your advance health-care planning document:
The Catholic Statement of Beliefs and Decision- Making Standards for Medical Care and Life-Sustaining Treatment condenses the content of The Health Care Decision Guide for Catholics into 4 pages that you can easily copy and attach to any advance health-care planning document, such as a health-care proxy, health-care declaration, or similar instrument. Attaching it before you sign your health-care planning document makes your planning document faith-based. Of course, you don't have to be Catholic to benefit from this user-friendly guidance. In simple and concise terms it provides instructions for any health-care decision-maker to follow, so the decision he or she makes for you is the one you would make for yourself, if you were able. Specifications: 4 pages 8 1/2" x 11" Price: U.S. $7.95 Add 6.25% sales tax for orders going to a Massachusetts address.
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