Catholic World Report: Dying Well in Today’s World: Medical and Spiritual Perspectives

By Catholic World Report, CWR Staff, February 26, 2024

Stephen Doran is a permanent deacon (Archdiocese of Omaha), neurosurgeon, and bioethicist. He’s also author of To Die Well: A Catholic Neurosurgeon’s Guide to the End of Life, published recently by Ignatius Press.

“Death is not the end. There is no death in God,” says Deacon Stephen Doran, author of To Die Well: A Catholic Neurosurgeon’s Guide to the End of Life. “While our bodily death is the necessary gateway to heaven, this fulfills our greatest desire: union with God.”

The book splits itself between medicine and religion. Part I deals with medical issues around the end-of-life, from artificially provided nutrition and hydration to extraordinary means, euthanasia, brain death issues, issues that surrounded COVID, and advance directives. Part II deals with the spiritual side of death, including suffering, our expectations of “what comes next,” the last sacraments, and Catholic burial.

Catholic World Report interviewed Dr. Doran on his new book. …

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