title: Address of John Paul II to the participants at the International Congress on "Life-sustaining treatments and the vegetative state: scientific advances and ethical dilemmas".
authors.forename: Pope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: John Paul II
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics*; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000941:ethics; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics