Consider Dignity When Considering Life-Support  Monsignor
Calipari Encourages Doctor-Patient Alliance  | 901 hits  By
Marta Lago   Monsignor Maurizio Calipari told the two-day
international congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life that
took place last week in Rome that in order to avoid the
extremes, it is necessary for the doctor and patient to work
together and focus on a proper daily clinical practice, "which
is to assist the patient in their needs."  The theologian, who
is also a bioethics professor at the John Paul II Institute for
Studies on Marriage and the Family, was one of the participants
in the conference titled "Close By the Incurable Sick Person and
the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects."  In comments to
ZENIT, Monsignor Calipari explained, "In order to work together
-- doctor and patient -- both have to apply a set of judgment
criteria to specific daily situations; these criteria refer, on
the one hand, to technical and medical aspects, in other words
an evaluation of the medical interve