Medical Ethics:
- Thomas, Columba. “Patients deserve better than medical assistance in dying” America Magazine, May 23 2025. americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/05/23/aid-dying-law-new-york-250740
- Thomas C, Alici Y, Breitbart W, Bruera E, Blackler E, Sulmasy D. “Drugs, Delirium, and Ethics at the End of Life.” J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jul;72(7):1964-72. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18766. Epub 2024 Jan 19.
- Thomas C, Alici Y, Breitbart W, Bruera E, Blackler E, Sulmasy D. “Addressing Challenges with Sedation in End-of-Life Care.” J Pain Symptom Manage. Epub 2023 Dec 27.
- Thomas C, Donovan GK, Fernandez MA, Buskmiller C. “Efforts to Transfer Ectopic Embryos to the Uterine Cavity: A Systematic Review.” J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2023 Aug;49(8):1991-99.
Christian Medicine and the Professional-Patient Relationship:
- Thomas, Columba “Healing, Wholeness, and the Professional-Patient Relationship: A Commentary on Proposed Revisions to Part Three of the Ethical and Religious Directives” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 23(2).
- Thomas, Columba. “Christ the Physician: A Theological Framework for Healing in Catholic Health Care.” Linacre Q. 2023 Aug;91(3):243-53.
- Perkins, Ignatius (2005). A Christian Journey of Hope: Moral Principles and Healing at the End of Life. Ethics and Medics, 30(8), pp. 304.
- Perkins, Ignatius (2008). Dehumanization of the Clinician and the Demise of the Healing Relationship. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 8(3).
- Perkins, Ignatius (2011) Human Dignity and Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing. In Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia. (Feldman, H.R. Jaffe-Ruiz, M., McClure, M. L., et al., Eds.) New York: Springer Publishing Company.
- Perkins, Ignatius (2017). Accompanying the Destitute and the Dying: The Character of the Clinician and the Healing Relationship after Treatment Ends. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 16, 3.
Pastoral Care:
- Thomas, Columba. The Art of Dying: A New Annotated Translation. The National Catholic Bioethics Center (2021). Learn more here.
- Grubb, Hyacinth. “Guard What Has Been Entrusted to You: A Catholic Assessment of Clinical Pastoral Education.” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. 2024 24(4): 607-615. doi:10.5840/ncbq202424449.
- Grubb, Hyacinth. “The Pastoral and Spiritual Responsibilities of Catholic Health Care: A Commentary on the Revised Part Two of the Ethical and Religious Directives” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 23(2).
- Perkins, Ignatius. (2006). The Eucharist and Tube Feeding, Ethics and Medics, 30(11), pp. 3-4