End Notes 1 C.Everett Koop, The Right to Live, the Right to Die. Wheaton, Tyndale House Publishers, 1976.P. 143 2 The Westminster Larger Catechism cites the following proof texts: Acts 16:28’ Gen. 9:6; Exod. 21:14; Deut. 20:1; Exod 22:2; Matt. 25:42,43. 3 See Recommendation #2 4 Paul R. Gilchrist, ed. “Report on the Heroic Measures Committee,” PCA Digest Position Papers 1973-1993. Atlanta: Presbyterian Church in America, p. 386. 5 J. Gordon Melton, ed. “Death and Dying” in The Churches Speak On: Euthanasia. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1977, p. 136. 6 Gilchrist, p.380 7 R.C. Sproul, Surprised by Suffering, Wheaton, IL: William Tyndale Publishers, 1989, p. 46 8 Gilchrist, p. 381 9 Gilchrist, p. 382 10 Gilchrist, p. 383 11 Gilchrist, p. 386 12 Gilchrist, pp. 382-383 13 Gilchrist, pp. 286-287 Adopted at the 15th EPC General Assembly June , 1995 BIBLIOGRAPHY De S. Cameron, Nigel M. Death Without Dignity Edinburgh: Rutherford House Books, 1990 Davis, John Jefferson, “Brophy vs. New England Sinai Hospital” Ethical Dilemmas in Discontinuing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration for Comatose Patients,” Journal of Biblical Ethics, July 1987, pp. 53-56. Davis, John Jefferson. Evangelical Ethics:Issues Facing the Church Today. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1985 DiNunzio, Ronald C. Medical Ethics. D.Min Dissertation, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS, 1992. Frame, John M. Medical Ethics. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1988 Gilchrist, Paul R., ed. “Report of the Heroic Measures Committee,” (1988), PCA Digest Position Papers. Atlanta, Georgia: Presbyterian Church in America, 1993. Gram, Robert L., An Enemy Disguised: Unmasking the Illusion of “Meaningful Death.” Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985. Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine. Kelly, Douglas and Rollinson, Philip. The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co.,1986. Koop, C. Everett, The Right to Live, The Right to Die. Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 1976. Kurfees, James R. “On Living Wills,” Journal of Biblical Ethics, January 1988, pp.4-9. Melton, J. Gordon, Ed. The Churches Speak On: Euthanasia, Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1991 Murray, John. Principles of Conduct. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1957. Payne, Franklin E., Biblical/Medical Ethics: The Christian and the Practice of Medicine.Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1985, pp. 181-212. Ramsey, Paul. The Patient as Person. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1970. Sproul, R.C., Surprised by Suffering. Wheaton, IL: Wm. Tyndale Publishers, 1989 The Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1965. Townsend, Donald, “Physical and Spiritual Care of the Terminally Ill,” Journal of Biblical Ethics, January 1988, pp. 1-3. Vere, Duncan. Voluntary Euthanasia—Is There an Alternative? London: Christian Medical Fellowship, 1979. |