title: PVS versus the dying process.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Miech
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000941:ethics*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Death and Euthanasia; Religious Approach; Vatican