title: Withdrawing nutrition and hydration. The Catholic tradition offers guidance for the treatment of patients in a persistent vegetative state.
authors.affiliation: SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Panicola
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000592:standards*; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000592:standards*; D009014:Morals; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000628:therapy*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000592:standards*