Index - N

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), 45

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 86-87

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), 5-6

National Hospice Organization. See National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), 65-66, 81

"A National Survey of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the United States" (Meier, et al.), 71

Native Americans. See American Indians and Alaska Natives

Nazis and euthanasia, 57

NCBDDD (National center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), 45

NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures), 86-87

Near-death experiences, 10-11

Neonatology, 41

Netherlands, 75-78

Netherlands, end-of-life practices in the, 70t

New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, 78

Nguyen, Ryan, 55-56

NHPCO (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization), 5-6

Nineteenth century, 3

Nonhospital Do Not Resuscitate orders, 27, 27f

Nontraumatic brain injuries, 30

NRLC (National Right to Life Committee), 65-66, 81

NTDs (neural tube defects), 43-44

Nurses and assisted-suicide, 71-72

Nursing homes
     end-stage renal disease, 125
     persistent vegetative state patients, 125
     public opinion, 154
     rate of residents, 124-125
     residents by age, sex, and race, 126t
     suicide among patients, 142

Nursing homes and life-sustaining treatment, 106-107

Nutrition and hydration, artificial. See Artificial nutrition and hydration

Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections (Committee for Pro-Life Activities of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops), 14