| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 371 pages) |
| Contents |
Wounded humanity and Catholic health care / John Kavanaugh -- What counts as respect? / Gregory R. Beabout -- New reproductive technologies and Catholic teaching / William E. May -- Contraception : did humane vitae contradict itself? / Benedict Ashley -- Abortion: a Catholic moral analysis / Jeanne Heffernan Schindler -- Medically assisted nutrition and hydration in medicine and moral theology / John Berkman -- Two arguments against euthanasia / Brendan Sweetman -- Genetics and ethics : questions raised by the Human Genome Project / Kevin D. O'Rourke -- Genetic enhancement as freedom of choice : the myth / Catherine Green -- Stem cells, cloning, and the human person / John F. Morris -- Health care reform : justice and the common good / Clarke E. Cochran -- Health care reform and the "consistent ethic" / Michael D. Place |
| Summary |
"Medicine, Health Care, and Ethics presents a collection of contemporary essays that represent the very best efforts of current Catholic scholarship in the field of health care and medical ethics. With general overviews for each section, and topic specific bibliographies to guide further study, this volume is designed to provide a greater understanding and deeper appreciation of the Catholic perspective on health care and medicine for both newcomers and seasoned students of bioethics."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| 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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Medicine -- Religious aspects.
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Catholicism
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Ethics, Medical
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Genetics, Medical -- ethics
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Health Care Reform -- ethics
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Religion and Medicine
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Reproductive Medicine -- ethics
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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Medicine -- Religious aspects
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morris, John F., 1967-
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| ISBN |
9780813220819 |
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0813220815 |
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