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Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, 6th edition (2018)

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

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

Evangelium vitae (The Gospel of Life)—Pope St. John Paul II (1995)

Papal DocumentsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterMarch 25, 1995Abortion, Beginning-of-Life Issues, Birth Control and Contraception, Catholic Health Care, End-of-Life Issues, Genetics and Genome Editing, Marriage, Natural Family Planning (NFP), Nutrition and Hydration, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Pregnancy Complications, Privacy, Reproductive Technologies, Stem Cell Research, Sterilization, Conscience and Civil Liberties

“Declaration on Euthanasia”—Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1980)

Vatican DocumentsThe National Catholic Bioethics CenterMay 5, 1980End-of-Life Issues, Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Advance Directives and POLST, Brain Death, Determination of Death, Catholic Health Care, Conscience and Civil Liberties