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Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective

Title: Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective / James J. Walter, Thomas A. Shannon
Author: Walter, James J.
Publication: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.

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Additional Authors

Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-

Description

xii, 293 p.; 24 cm.

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Contents

Religion and bioethics: a value-added discussion -- Playing God or playing human? -- Horizon analysis and moral stance: an interpretation of Cardinal Bernardin's "consistent ethic of life" -- The communitarian perspective: autonomy and the common good -- Reflections on the moral status of the pre-embryo -- A Catholic reflection on embryonic stem cell research -- Cloning, uniqueness, and individuality -- Reproductive technologies: ethical and religious issues -- Theological parameters: Catholic doctrine on abortion in a pluralist society -- Perspectives on medical ethics: biotechnology and genetic medicine --
Theological perspectives on cancer genetics and gene therapy: the Roman Catholic tradition -- The meaning and validity of quality of life judgments in contemporary Roman Catholic medical ethics -- Terminal sedation: a Catholic perspective -- The PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration -- Artificial nutrition and hydration: assessing the Papal statement -- Implications of the Papal allocution on feeding tubes -- Assisted nutrition and hydration and the Catholic tradition: the case of Terri Schiavo.

Call Number

JFE 06-4215

ISBN

LCCN

2005016779

OCLC

60651042

Author

Walter, James J.

Title

Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective / James J. Walter, Thomas A. Shannon

Imprint

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Shannon, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1940-

Research Call Number

JFE 06-4215