The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center’s position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

Euthanasia

• 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.
• Blocher, Mark. The Right to Die? Caring Alternatives to Euthanasia. Chicago: Moody, 1999.
• Gaylin, Willard, Leon R. Kass, Edmund D. Pellegrino, and Mark Siegler. “Doctors Must Not Kill.” JAMA 259 (1988): 2139-2140.
• Kass, Leon R. “Neither for Love Nor Money: Why Doctors Must Not Kill.” Public Interest 94 (Winter 1989): 25-46.
• Keown, John. Euthanasia, Ethics, and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• __________, ed. Euthanasia Examined: Ethical, Clinical, and Legal Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
• Reichel, William, and Arthur J. Dyck. “Euthanasia: A Contemporary Moral Quandary.” Lancet 2 (1989): 1321-1323.
• Stewart, Gary, et al. Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2003

Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Bell, Reed, and Frank York. Prescription Death: Compassionate Killers in the Medical Profession. Lafayette, LA: Huntington House, 1993.
• Dyck, Arthur J. Life’s Worth: The Case against Assisted Suicide. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
• Kamisar, Yale. “Against Assisted Suicide: Even a Very Limited Form.” University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 72 (1995): 735-69.
• McCormick, Richard A. “Physician-Assisted Suicide: Flight from Compassion.” Christian Century 108 (1991): 1132-1143.
• Peteet, John R. “Treating Patients Who Request Assisted Suicide: A Closer Look at the Physician’s Role.” Archives of Family Medicine 3, (1994): 723-727.
• Smith, Wesley. Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Murder. Rev ed. New York: Times, 1997.

Suicide

• Demy, Timothy J., and Gary P. Steward. Suicide: A Christian Response; Crucial Considerations for Choosing Life. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.
• Hauerwas, Stanley. “Rational Suicide and Reasons for Living.” In On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, edited by Stephen Lammers and Allen Verhey, 671-678. 2^nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.
• Miles, Steven H. “Physicians and Their Patients' Suicides.” JAMA 271 (1994): 1786-1788.

Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment

• 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.
• 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.
• English, Veronica. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Medical Treatment. 3^rd ed. BMJ Books, 2007.
• Hastings Center. Guidelines on the Termination of Life-sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987
• Tollefsen, Christopher. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The New Catholic Debate. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2010.

Suffering and Grief

• Carson, D. A. How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. 2^nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.
• Cassell, Eric J. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Doka, Kenneth J., and Joyce Davidson, eds. Living with Grief: When Illness is Prolonged. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 1997.
• Feinberg, John. Where Is God? 2^nd ed. Nashville: Broadman & Holmann, 2004.
• Hauerwas, Stanley. Suffering Presence. University of Notre Dame, 1986.
• Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. New York: Bantam, 1980.
• Mitsch, Raymond R., and Lynn Brookside. Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1993.

End of Life (General)

• 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.
• Blank, Robert H., and Janna C. Merrick, eds. End-of-Life Decision Making: A Cross-national Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005.
• Cohen-Almagar, Raphael. The Right to Die With Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001.
• Csikai, Ellen L. and Elizabeth Chaitin. Ethics in End-of-Life Decisions in Social Work Practice. Lyceum Books, 2006.
• Dunlop, John. Finishing Well to the Glory of God. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011.
• Evans, Abigail Rian. Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.
• Farb, Daniel, Cyndie Koopsen, and Caroline Young. End of Life Care Issues. Los Angeles:  University of Health Care, 2005.
• 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.
• Fitzpatrick, Jeanne, and Eileen Fitzpatrick. A Better Way of Dying: How to Make the Best Choices at the End of Life. Penguin, 2010.
• Friedman, Sandra L., and David T. Helm. End-of-Life Care for Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Washington, DC: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010.
• Gaventa, William C., and David Coulter. End-of-life Care: Bridging Disability and Aging with Person Centered Care. Binghamton, NY: Routledge, 2005.
• Hendin, Herbert. Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and the Dutch Cure. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997.
• Hurwitz, Peter Joel, Jacques Picard, Avraham Steinberg, and Benjamin Sklarz. Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-Life Patients: A Collection of Rabbinical, Bioethical, Philosophical, and Juristic Opinions. KTAV, 2006.
• Jeffrey, David. Patient-Centered Ethics and Communication at the End of Life. Abingdon, UK: Radcliffe, 2006.
• Jones, David Albert. Approaching the End: A Theological Exploration of Death and Dying. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Kelly, David F. Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.
• Kilner, John F., Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino, eds. Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
• Lee, Robert. Death Rites: Law and Ethics at the End of Life. New York: Routledge, 1996.
• Loewy, Erich E.H. The Ethics of Terminal Care: Orchestrating the End of Life. New York: Springer, 2000.
• Lynn, Joanne, Janice Lynch Schuster, and Joan Harrold. Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness. 2^nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
• 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.
• Marker, Rita. Deadly Compassion. New York: Avon, 1995.
• Moll, Rob. The Art of Dying: Living Fully in the Life to Come. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010.
• Pope John Paul II. Evangelium Vitae ("The Gospel of Life"). Eleventh Encyclical. New York: Pauline Books & Media, 1995.
• Prado, C. G. Coping with Choices to Die. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Smith, Wesley J. Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. San Francisco: Encounter, 2000.
• Stewart, Gary, et al. Basic Questions on End of Life Decisions: How Do We Know What's Right? Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.
• Swinton, John, and Richard Payne, eds. Living Well and Dying Faithfully: Christian Practices for End-of-Life Care. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.
• 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.
• Williamson, Laura. Impairment and Disability: Law and Ethics at the Beginning and End of Life. Routledge, 2006.

Out of Print:

• 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: Serving Christ among the Poor. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1992.
• Cameron, Nigel M. de S., ed. Death without Dignity. Edinburgh: Rutherford House, 1990.
• Hauerwas, Stanley. God, Medicine, and Suffering. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
• Horan, Dennis J., and David Mall, eds. Death, Dying, and Euthanasia. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980.
• Kiernan, Stephen. Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System. New York: St. Martin's, 2006.
• Kilner, John F. Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients Lives and Allocating Vital Resources. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.
• __________. 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: Business, Practice, Law, and Ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
• Larson, Edward J., and Darrel W. Amundsen. A Different Death: Euthanasia and the Christian Tradition. Downers Grove: IVP, 1998.
• Pollard, Brian. The Challenge of Euthanasia. Crows Nest, Australia: Little Hills, 1994.
• Schemmer, Kenneth E. Between Life and Death: The Life-support Dilemma. Wheaton: Victor, 1988.
• Spring, Beth, and Ed Larson. Euthanasia: Medical and Legal Issues in Terminal Health Care. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1988.
• Tada, Joni Eareckson. When Is It Right to Die? Suicide, Euthanasia, Suffering, and Mercy. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1992.
• Willke, Jack C., ed. Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Past and Present. Cincinnati: Hayes, 1998.

Updated December 2011