- D. Angus et al., “Use of Intensive Care at the End of Life in the United States: An Epidemiologic Study,” Critical Care Medicine 32 (2004): 638–643.
- C. Manthous, “Why Not Physician-Assisted Death?” Critical Care Medicine 37 (2009): 1206–1209.
- Along those lines, it is worthwhile pointing out that the process of withdrawal of support (i.e., removing technology such as life-support devices for lungs or kidneys, that are felt in a particular patient’s situation to be prolonging death rather than saving life) should not be referred to as withdrawal of care, a common but unfortunate phrase used by medical and non-medical parties during end-of-life conversations.
- Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on Euthanasia (1980), conclusion, http://www.euthanasia.com/vatican.html.
The Linacre Quarterly
Volume 76, 2009 - Issue 3