August 2021

Let’s say a close friend of yours is really sick. According to doctors and specialists, your friend has about a 20% chance of living through… Read More »Physician-Assisted Suicide

By Dr. Doyen Nguyen and Dr. Joseph M. Eble Brain death (BD), the declaration of death by neurological criteria, is an established medicolegal practice in… Read More »Brain Death: What Catholics Should Know

Legislators’ Medical Policy Manual:Life and Death Decisions by Paul A. Byrne, M.D., FAAPWilliam F. Colliton, Jr., M.D., FACOGJoseph C. Evers, M.D., FAAPTimothy R. Fangman, M.D.Jerome… Read More »Legislators’ Medical Policy Manual

On March 31, 2005, Terri Schindler-Schiavo died of dehydration in a Florida hospice. Heroic efforts to save her life failed to halt Judge George Greer’s… Read More »The Schiavo Case and Death by Dehydration

The goal of the euthanasia movement is, in effect, legal and social acceptance of death on demand. For at least some of those who can’t… Read More »Living Wills and Advanced Directives

A non-comprehensive compendium of cases of patients who have awakened and/or improved following a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state, irreversible coma, or death Prepared with… Read More »Miracles

Discussion of the following cases is concerned only with whether or not the decisions are legal or illegal and not with their moral implications. Determine… Read More »Ordinary vs Extraordinary Care