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Title:

Handbook on critical life issues / edited and revised by Donald G. McCarthy, Edward J. Bayer.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Pope John Center,

Copyright Date:

©1988

Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Medical care--Law and legislation.
Bioethics.
Medical care--Law and legislation.
Medical ethics.
Bio-ethiek.

Other Authors:

McCarthy, Donald G.
Bayer, Edward J., 1930-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.

Contents:

Part I : persons: priceless and vulnerable. The person as known by reason and reflection -- The person as known in the Bible and faith -- Person-centered health care -- The inviolability of each human life -- Public opinion on life issues -- A pastoral theology of suffering -- Part II : critical issues at the beginning of human life. The beginning of a life and a person -- Abortion in medicine & ethics -- The law and abortion -- Part III : critical issues in caring for human life. Patients' responsibilities and rights -- Organ transplantation today -- Suicide and euthanasia -- Decisions about prolonging life -- Hard cases of prolonging life decisions -- The law and withdrawing treatment -- Withdrawing treatment in Catholic hospitals -- Determining death by brain criteria.

Series:

Pope John medical-moral series

ISBN:

9780935372243
0935372245

OCLC:

(OCoLC)18815446

LCCN:

88038958

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)