title: Pope John Paul II on nutrition and hydration: a change of Catholic teaching?
authors.affiliation: National Catholic Bioethics Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cataldo
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000941:ethics*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D028681:Moral Obligations; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000628:therapy*; D026712:Value of Life
keywords: Death and Euthanasia; Religious Approach; Thomas Aquinas; Vatican