Cf. Ethics of Health Care byAshleyBenedict M., and KevinO.P., O'RourkeD., O.P. (St. Louis, Mo.: Catholic Health Association, 1986), p. 203:also “Catholic Positions on Withholding Sustenance for the Terminally Ill,” by Rev. James J. McCartney, O.S.A., Ph. D., in Health Progress, October, 1986, p. 39.
2.
Enchiridion Vaticanum, Vol. VII (Bologna, Italy: Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 1982), pp. 348, 349, n. 371.
3.
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1958, 182 pages. The Pope John Center, Braintree, MA. proposes to publish this dissertation as a timely theological source in the current discussions on the administration of food and fluids to the sick and the needy.
4.
Found in The Human Body (Boston, MA: Daughters of St. Paul, 1960), pp. 90. 91.
5.
Bishop Cronin's dissertation (cf. note 3), p. 108.
6.
The Pope Speaks, Spring, 1958, pp. 393–598.
7.
The Pope Speaks, Spring, 1958, pp. 395, 396.
8.
Enchiridion Vaticanum, Vol. VII (cf. note 2), p. 334, n. 347, footnote 2.
9.
Annuario Pontificio (Vatican City, 1986), p. 1584.
10.
Enchiridion Vaticanum, Vol. VII (cf. note 2), nn. 1234, 1235, p. 1132.
11.
Enchiridion Vaticanum, Vol. VII (cf. note 2), n. 1238, p. 1134.
