title: John Paul II on the "vegetative state".
authors.affiliation: National Catholic Bioethics Center, USA.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Doerflinger
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000941:ethics*; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics