| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xx, 332 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding church teaching. The view of the person -- Normative concepts -- Formation of conscience -- Specific teachings of the church. Abortion -- Advance directives -- Aging -- AIDS -- Alternative therapies -- Anencephaly -- Artificial insemination and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) -- Assisted suicide -- Autonomy -- Autopsy -- Brain death -- Care for the poor, or Option for the poor -- Catholic health care -- Catholic identity -- Cloning -- Confidentiality -- Contraception -- Death, Determination of -- Dignity of person -- Do not resuscitate (DNR) -- Durable power of attorney -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Embryo -- Emergency contraception -- Ethical and religious directives (ERD) -- Ethics committees -- Euthanasia -- Fertility assistance -- Fetal remains, Disposal of -- Futile care -- Gene therapy -- Genetic testing and counseling -- Gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) -- Government mandates -- Handicapped, Access and therapy -- Health care professionals -- Health care reform -- Hospice -- Hydration and nutrition, Assisted -- Induction of labor -- Infertility -- Informed consent -- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) -- In vitro fertilization and embryo transplant (IVF and ET) -- Joint ventures -- Labor and management relations -- Living will -- Natural family planning -- Non-heart-beating donors -- Ordinary and extraordinary measures to preserve life -- Organ donation and transplantation -- Pain relief -- Palliative care -- Pastoral care -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Preimplantation diagnosis -- Prenatal adoption -- Proxy consent -- Psychotherapy -- Rape, Treatment of victims -- Research on human subjects -- Right to health care -- RU-486 -- Scandal -- Sexual abuse -- Stem cells -- Sterilization -- Suffering -- Suicide -- Surgery -- Surrogate mothers -- Terminal sedation -- Truth telling -- Uterine isolation -- Withholding and withdrawing life support. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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Pastoral medicine -- Catholic Church.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Catholicism.
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Pastoral Care.
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Religion and Medicine.
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| Added Author |
Boyle, Philip (Philip J.)
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| ISBN |
9781589017429 paperback alkaline paper |
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1589017420 paperback alkaline paper |
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