Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics

Informationen zum Autor David F. Kelly is professor emeritus! Duquesne University. Gerard Magill is Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science! Theology! Philosophy! and Law! Center for Healthcare Ethics! Duquesne University. Henk ten Have is the director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics! Duquesne University. Klappentext This is a comprehensive textbook in Catholic medical ethics that integrates theology and methodology into a detailed examination of bioethical issues of interest to scholars, practitioners, and students. Zusammenfassung This is a comprehensive textbook in Catholic medical ethics that integrates theology and methodology into a detailed examination of bioethical issues of interest to scholars! practitioners! and students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Theological Basis1. Religion and Health Care2. The Dignity of Human Life3. The Integrity of the Human Person4. The Implications for Health Care5. Theological Principles in Health Care Ethics Part II: Method6. The Levels and Questions of Ethics7. Freedom and the Moral Agent8. Right and Wrong9. Metaethics10. Method in Catholic Medical Ethics11. Catholic Method and Birth Control12. The Principle of Double Effect PART III. Application13. Forgoing Treatment! Pillar One: Ordinary and Extraordinary Means14. Forgoing Treatment! Pillar Two: Killing and Allowing to Die15. Forgoing Treatment! Pillar Three: Decisions by Competent Patients16. Forgoing Treatment! Pillar Three: Decisions for Incompetent Patients17. Forgoing Treatment! Pillar Three: Advance Directives18. Hydration and Nutrition19. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia20. Medical Futility21. Pain and Pain Management22. Ethics Committees23. Research Ethics24. Organizational Ethics25. Embryonic Stem Cells and the Beginning of Personhood26. Genetic Engineering: Ethics and Anthropology27. Specific Issues in Genetics28. Allocating Health Care Resources29. The Use and Misuse of the Allocation Argument30. Global Bioethics GlossaryCases Cited ...

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• Authors: David F. Kelly, H. Ten Have, David F Kelly, David F. Kelly, David F. Magill Kelly, David F./ Magill Kelly, KELLY DAVID F MAGILL GERARD HAV, Kelly David F., Gerard Magill, Magill Gerard, Henk ten Have
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9781589019607
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-960-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics; Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ethics, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General, bioethcis;theology;moral issues;right to die