Publications and Articles

Medical Ethics:
  • Thomas, Columba. “Patients Deserve Better Than Medical Assistance in Dying.” America Magazine, May 23 2025. https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/05/23/aid-dying-law-new-york-250740.
  • Thomas, Columba, Yesne Alici, William Breitbart, Eduardo Bruera, Elizabeth Blackler, and Daniel P. Sulmasy. “Drugs, Delirium, and Ethics at the End of Life.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 72, no. 7 (January 19, 2024): 1964–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18766.
  • Thomas, Columba, Yesne Alici, William Breitbart, Eduardo Bruera, Elizabeth Blackler, and Daniel P. Sulmasy. “Addressing Challenges with Sedation in End-of-Life Care.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 67, no. 4 (April 2024): 346–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.12.016.

  • Thomas, Columba, G. Kevin Donovan, Miguel A. Fernandez, and Cara Buskmiller. “Efforts to Transfer Ectopic Embryos to the Uterine Cavity: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 49, no. 8 (May 16, 2023): 1991–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/jog.15678.

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, no. 2 (2023): 267–83. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq202323222.
  • Thomas, Columba. “Christ the Physician: A Theological Framework for Healing in Catholic Health Care.” The Linacre Quarterly 91, no. 3 (August 8, 2023): 243–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639231189328.
  • Perkins, Ignatius. “A Christian Journey of Hope: Moral Principles and Healing at the End of Life.”Ethics and Medics 30, no. 8 (August 2005): 3–4. https://doi.org/10.5840/em200530815. 
  • Perkins, Ignatius. “Dehumanization of the Clinician: The Demise of the Healing Relationship.”The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 8, no. 3 (Autumn 2008): 479–90. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq20088333. 
  • Perkins, Ignatius. “Human Dignity and Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing.” Essay. In Nursing Leadership: A Concise Encyclopedia, edited by Harriet R. Feldman, et al. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2011. 
  • Perkins, Ignatius. “Accompanying the Destitute and the Dying: The Character of the Clinician and the Healing Relationship after Treatment Ends.”The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 16, no. 3 (Autumn 2016): 393–400. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq201616337.

Pastoral Care:

  • Thomas, Columba. The Art of Dying: A New Annotated Translation. Broomall, PA: 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 24, no. 4 (Winter 2024): 607–15. https://doi.org/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, no. 2 (Summer 2023): 259–66. https://doi.org/10.5840/ncbq202323221. 
  • Perkins, Ignatius, and Peter Cameron. “The Eucharist and Tube Feeding: Our Pastoral Obligation.”Ethics and Medics 30, no. 11 (November 2005): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.5840/em2005301120.