'continuation of life' is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to ongoing life, or life continuing in some form or another. Example: We all have a desire for the continuation of life, despite whatever hardships may come our way.
The continuation of life?
Fresh vegetables are living organisms, and there is a continuation of life processes in the vegetable after harvest.
About a quarter of what we treat is conflict related, but the rest is just about the continuation of life".
Throughout the story the issues of mortality, forgiveness, war, time and the continuation of life are addressed in a way that engages the reader.
But, if you ask me as the President of Afghanistan, then I have to say, 'Peace gives you continuation of life.
Many religious people look forward to meeting loved ones in Heaven, Kitcher notes, and yet the reunion can't be simply a continuation of life together on earth.
Patient and family demands for the initiation or continuation of life-sustaining medically non-beneficial treatments continues to be a major issue.
Rudolf Henke, the chairman of the Marburger Bund, the German doctors' association, said in a statement that the acquittal of Mr. Putz should not be seen as "a license for independent action while making decisions on the continuation of life-sustaining measures".
This strategy of 'cross-tolerance' results in a balanced reduction in energy production and utilization [27], enabling continuation of life-dependent processes such as membrane pumps at the expense of other energy-dependent functions such as protein synthesis [28, 29].
The transition to EOLC was ascertained on an individual patient basis and decisions were made when the teams (parent medical team, ICU team and sometimes the palliative care team) jointly concluded that continuation of life-prolonging organ support would be futile and not in the patients' best interests.
First, the patient or surrogate is interviewed to elicit his/her personal preferences regarding the continuation of life-sustaining treatment vs. palliative care.
