Ethical Issues: The Pope and Terri's Tube

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2004-07
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On March 20, 2004, in a papal allocution delivered at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II made statements regarding the feeding of patients diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. These statements have rekindled the longstanding ethical debate about futility and the patient's right to choose or refuse “artificial nutrition and hydration” as a form of artificial life support.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2966
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