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Address on Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas—Pope St. John Paul II
Papal DocumentsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterMarch 20, 2004Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Nutrition and Hydration, End-of-Life Issues, Persons with Disabilities
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Responses to Certain Questions of the USCCB concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration—Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Vatican Documents, USCCB DocumentsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterAugust 1, 2007Nutrition and Hydration, Persons with Disabilities, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), End-of-Life Issues
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Address to an International Conference on Organ Donation—Pope St. John Paul II (2000)

Papal DocumentsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterAugust 29, 2000Advance Directives and POLST, Brain Death, Catholic Health Care, Determination of Death, End-of-Life Issues, Organ Donation

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