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End-of-Life Bibliography

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The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position and, likewise, may or may not be consistent with a biblical worldview. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

  • Arand, Charles P. "Personal Autonomy versus Creaturely Contingency: The First Article and the Right to Die." Concordia Journal 20 (December 1994): 385-401.
  • Arkes, Hadley, Matthew Berke, Midge Decter, et al. "Always to Care, Never to Kill: A Declaration on Euthanasia." First Things, no. 20 (February 1992): 45-47.
  • Baergen, Ralph. Ethics at the End of Life. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2000.
  • Bayertz, Kurt, ed. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 1996.
  • Bell, Reed, and Frank York. Prescription Death: Compassionate Killers in the Medical Profession. Lafayette, LA: Huntington House, 1993.
  • Bernardi, Peter J. "Dr. Death's Dreadful Sermon." Christianity Today, August 15, 1994.
  • Bernat, James L., Bernard Gert, and R. Peter Mogielnicki. “Patient Refusal of Hydration and Nutrition: An Alternative to Physician-assisted Suicide or Voluntary Active Euthanasia.” Archives of Internal Medicine 153 (1993): 2723-28.
  • Best, Ernest E. "Suicide: Ethical and Moral Issues from a Theological Perspective." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 31 (1986): 97-100.
  • Blank, Robert H., and Janna C. Merrick, eds. End-of-life Decision Making: A Cross-national Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005.
  • Blocher, Mark. The Right to Die? Caring Alternatives to Euthanasia. Chicago: Moody, 1999.
  • Brown, James H., Paul Henteleff, Samia Barakat, and Cheryl J. Rowe. "Is It Normal for Terminally Ill Patients to Desire Death?" American Journal of Psychiatry 143, no. 2 (1986): 208-211.
  • Byock, Ira. Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life. New York: Riverhead, 1997.
  • Caes, David, ed. Caring for the Least of These. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1992.
  • Cameron, Nigel M. de S., ed. Death without Dignity. Edinburgh: Rutherford House, 1990.
  • Caplan, Arthur L., James J. McCartney, and Dominic A. Sisti, eds. The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2006.
  • Cassel, Christine K. “The Patient-physician Covenant: An Affirmation of Asklepios.” Annals of Internal Medicine 124 (1996): 604-6.
  • Cassel, Christine K., and Diane E. Meier. “Morals and Moralism in the Debate over Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.” New England Journal of Medicine 323 (1990):750-52.
  • Cassell, Eric J. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  • __________. “Recognizing Suffering.” Hastings Center Report 24, no. 3 (May-June 1991): 24-31.
  • Cohen-Almagar, Raphael. The Right to Die With Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001.
  • Cummins, R.O. “Matters of Life and Death: Conversations among Patients, Families, and Their Physicians.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 7 (1992): 563-65.
  • Demy, Timothy J., and Gary P. Steward. Suicide: A Christian Response; Crucial Considerations for Choosing Life. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.
  • Doerflinger, Richard. "Assisted Suicide: Pro-choice or Anti-life?" Hastings Center Report 19, no. 1 (1989): 16-19.
  • Doka, Kenneth J., and Joyce Davidson, eds. Living with Grief: When Illness is Prolonged. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 1997.
  • Dyck, Arthur J. Life’s Worth: The Case against Assisted Suicide. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
  • __________. "Physician-assisted Suicide: Is It Ethical?" Harvard Divinity Bulletin 21, no. 4 (1992): 16-17.
  • Farb, Daniel, Cyndie Koopsen, and Caroline Young. End of Life Care Issues. Los Angeles:  University of Health Care, 2005.
  • Feinberg, John S., and Paul D. Feinberg. "Euthanasia." In Ethics for a Brave New World, 99-126. Wheaton: Crossway, 1993.
  • Fieger, Geoffrey, and Edmund Pellegrino. A Public Debate on Legalizing Physician-assisted Suicide. Audio or Video. Deerfield, IL: The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, 1995.
  • Fins, Joseph J. A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at Life's End. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005.
  • Fisher, Kenneth A., Lindsay E. Rockwell, and Missy Scott. In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-life Care. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008.
  • Gaventa, William C., and David Coulter. End-of-life Care: Bridging Disability and Aging with Person Centered Care. Binghamton, NY: Routledge, 2005.
  • Gaylin, Willard, Leon R. Kass, Edmund D. Pellegrino, and Mark Siegler. "Doctors Must Not Kill." JAMA 259 (1988): 2139-2140.
  • Hastings Center. Guidelines on the Termination of Life-sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987
  • Hauerwas, Stanley. God, Medicine, and Suffering. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
  • __________. "Rational Suicide and Reasons for Living." In On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, edited by Stephen Lammers and Allen Verhey, 671-678. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.
  • Hendin, Herbert. Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and the Dutch Cure. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997.
  • __________. Suicide in America. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.
  • Horan, Dennis J., and David Mall, eds. Death, Dying, and Euthanasia. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980.
  • Jeffrey, David. Patient-centered Ethics and Communication at the End of Life. Abingdon, UK: Radcliffe, 2006.
  • Jochemsen, Henk. "The Netherlands Experiment." In Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal, edited by John Kilner, Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino, 165-182. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • Jones, David Albert. Approaching the End: A Theological Exploration of Death and Dying. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Kamisar, Yale. “Against Assisted Suicide: Even a Very Limited Form.” University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 72 (1995): 735-69.
  • __________. "Some Non-religious Views Against Proposed Mercy-killing Legislation." Minnesota Law Review 42 (1958): 969-1042.
  • Kass, Leon R. "Neither for Love Nor Money: Why Doctors Must Not Kill." Public Interest 94 (Winter 1989): 25-46.
  • __________. "Suicide Made Easy." Commentary 92, no. 6 (December 1991): 19-24.
  • Kelly, David F. Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
  • Keown, John, ed. Euthanasia Examined. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  • Kiernan, Stephen. Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System. New York: St. Martin's, 2006.
  • Kilner, John F., Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino, eds. Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • Kilner, John F. Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients Lives and Allocating Vital Resources. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.
  • __________. "Physician-assisted Suicide: What's the Story?" Christian Scholar's Review 23, no. 3 (1994): 349-59.
  • __________. Who Lives? Who Dies? Ethical Criteria in Patient Selection. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990.
  • La Puma, John, and David Schiedermayer. Pocket Guide to Managed Care. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
  • Larson, Edward J., and Darrel W. Amundsen. A Different Death: Euthanasia and the Christian Tradition. Downers Grove: IVP, 1998.
  • Lee, Robert. Death Rites: Law and Ethics at the End of Life. New York: Routledge, 1996.
  • Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. New York: Bantam, 1980.
  • Loewy, Erich E.H. The Ethics of Terminal Care: Orchestrating the End of Life. New York: Springer, 2000.
  • Lynn, Joanne, Janice Lynch Schuster, and Andrea Kabcenell. Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Mallory, J.D. "Success in Treating Depression." CMDS Journal 21 (Spring 1990): 13.
  • Marker, Rita. Deadly Compassion. New York: Avon, 1995.
  • McCormick, Richard A. "Physician-assisted Suicide: Flight from Compassion." Christian Century 108 (1991): 1132-1143.
  • Miles, Steven H. "Physicians and Their Patients' Suicides." JAMA 271 (1994): 1786-1788.
  • Mitsch, Raymond R., and Lynn Brookside. Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1993.
  • Nichols, George. "It's Not Hard to Prevent Suicide." CMDS Journal 21, no. 1 (Spring 1990): 10,12.
  • O'Mathúna, Dónal P. Does Paul Condone Assisted Suicide in Philippians 1: 21-26? Audio. Deerfield, IL: The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, 1995.
  • Peteet, John R. "Treating Patients Who Request Assisted Suicide." Archives of Family Medicine 3, (1994): 723-727.
  • Pollard, Brian. The Challenge of Euthanasia. Crows Nest, Australia: Little Hills, 1994.
  • Pope John Paul II. Evangelium Vitae ("The Gospel of Life"). Eleventh Encyclical. New York: Pauline Books & Media, 1995.
  • Reichel, William, and Arthur J. Dyck. "Euthanasia: A Contemporary Moral Quandary." Lancet 2 (1989): 1321-1323.
  • Sakinofsky, I., and G.T. Swart. "Suicidal Patients and the Ethics of Medicine." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 31 (1986): 91-96.
  • Schemmer, Kenneth E. Between Life and Death: The Life-support Dilemma. Wheaton: Victor, 1988.
  • Schiedermayer, David. "Nazi Doctors and the Medicalization of Killing." CMDS Journal 19, no. 3 (Fall 1988): 23-27.
  • Smith, Wesley J. Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. San Francisco: Encounter, 2000.
  • __________. Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Murder. New York: Times, 1997.
  • Spring, Beth, and Ed Larson. Euthanasia. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1988.
  • Stewart, Gary P., William R. Cutrer, Timothy J. Demy, Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Paige C. Cunningham, John F. Kilner, and Linda K. Bevington. Basic Questions on End of Life Decisions: How Do We Know What's Right? Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.
  • __________. Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.
  • Tada, Joni Eareckson. When Is It Right to Die? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
  • Terman, Stanley A., Ronald B. Miller, and Michael S. Evans, eds. The Best Way to Say Goodbye: A Legal Peaceful Choice at the End of Life. Carlsbad, CA: Life Transitions, 2007.
  • Weisstub, David N., David C. Thomasma, Serge Gauthier, and G.F. Tomossy, eds. Aging: Decisions at the End of Life. New York: Springer, 2001.
  • Willke, Jack C., ed. Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Past and Present. Cincinnati: Hayes, 1998.

Updated April 2009