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CHAPTER TWENTY

1
. ‘‘Prof: Right to Assisted Suicide ‘Irresistible,'''
WorldNetDaily,
December 3, 2005,
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47719
.

2
. Nat Hentoff, ‘‘The Disabled Sound the Alarm for the Nonreligious,''
Free
Inquiry,
August/September 2005.

3
. Marc Morano, ‘‘Christianity Harmful to Animals,''
Cybercast News Service,
July 1, 2002,
http://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/Archive/200207/CUL20020701b.html
.

4
. Marvin Olasky, ‘‘Blue-State Philosopher,''
World,
November 27, 2004.

5
. Peter Singer, ‘‘Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life,''
Pediatrics
72, no. 1 ( July 1983): 129.

6
. Peter Singer,
Practical Ethics
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).

7
. Singer, ‘‘Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life,'' 129.

8
. James Tarentino, ‘‘Who Will Remember Terri?''
Wall Street Journal,
April 1, 2005.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

1
. Thomas M. Burton, ‘‘In a Stroke Patient, Doctor Sees Power of Brain to Recover,''
Wall Street Journal,
November 23, 2005.

2
. All quotes in this section were taken from video clips provided by Theresa May de Vera's Web page:
http://homepage.mac.com/tisamay/ Menu18.html
.

3
. Miranda Hitti, ‘‘Firefighter's Miracle Recovery Rare in Long-Term Coma Cases,'' FOX News/WebMD, May 6, 2005,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155608,00.html
.

4
. Associated Press, ‘‘Brain-Damaged Man ‘Wakes Up' After 10 Years,'' FOX News, May 3, 2005,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155344,00.html
.

5
. Ibid.

6
. Associated Press, ‘‘Woman Speaks First Words in Two Years,'' FOX News, May 12, 2005,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156344,00.html
.

7
. ‘‘Schiavo-like Woman Speaks After 2 years,''
WorldNetDaily,
May 13, 2005,
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44244
.

8
. ‘‘Awake After 20 Years, Sarah Speaks,'' CBS News, August 4, 2005,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/04/earlyshow/series/main757388.shtml
.

9
. Ibid.

10
. ‘‘Coma Patient Sings Way to Health,'' CBS News, August 5, 2005,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/05/earlyshow/series/main760296.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
.

11
. Phil Stewart, ‘‘Italian Coma Victim Says Heard Everything,'' Reuters, October 5, 2005.

12
. Ibid.

13
. ‘‘In Italy, Support for Those in a Vegetative State,''
ZENIT News,
October 10, 2005,
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=77987
.

14
. Burton, ‘‘In a Stroke Patient, Doctor Sees Power of Brain to Recover.''

15
. Ibid.

16
. Ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

1
. Joni Eareckson Tada, ‘‘Terri Schiavo's National Legacy,'' press release, March 31, 2005,
http://www.joniandfriends.org/apcm/APCMviewer.asp?a=128&z=4
.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

1
. Michael Vitez, ‘‘Living Wills Fail To,'' Knight Ridder, November 27, 2005.

2
. Lindsey O'Connor, ‘‘Dying Smart: Why Your Living Will May Not Be Good Enough,''
Christianity Today,
August 2005.

3
. Vitez, ‘‘Living Wills Fail To.''

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

1
. Thomas Jefferson, ‘‘To the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland,'' March 31, 1809.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

1
. ‘‘Time Poll: A Majority (53%) of Those Who Call Themselves Evangelicals Support Removing the Feeding Tube, 41% Oppose Removal of the Feeding Tube,''
Time,
March 27, 2005,
http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/ article/0,8599,1042435,00.html
.

2
. Barna, ‘‘The Year's Most Intriguing Findings.''

3
. George H. Gallup, ‘‘Vital Signs,''
Leadership
(Fall 1987): 17.

APPENDIX A

1
. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health at
www.ninds.nih.gov
.

2
. Ibid.

3
. J. T. Giacino and others, ‘‘The Minimally Conscious State: Definition and Diagnostic Criteria,''
Neurology
58 (2002): 349–353.

4
. Ibid.