Hi,

to further discuss the issue of dying America

published an other article on artificial nutrition and

hydration for PVS patients: "At the End of Life

Are feeding tubes now obligatory?"

(By Thomas A. Shannon | FEBRUARY 18, 2008)

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10617

It is not too clear of a writing - at least not for

me. Th author seems to be happy to have found a 1980

directive from the Vatican and seemingly tries to put

it in contradiction with last year's statement titled

"Responses to Certain Questions of the United States

Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial

Nutrition and Hydration", on the base that the former

distinguishes between a traditional "ordinary" and

"extraordinary" means, while the latter not.

If you have a chance the read the article, what is

your impression on it?