A Catholic Guide to Medical Ethics : Catholic Principles in Clinical Practice

by Eugene F Diamond

Paper Book, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - BJ 1249 D536 2001

Publication

Palos Park, Ill. : Linacre Institute

ISBN

9780895556905

Local notes

CONTENTS:
I. Linacre Institute Studies
Sterilization in Catholic Hospitals
Moral and medical considerations in the management of extrauterine pregnancy
Determination of death
Rape protocol
Anecephalic infants as donors for organ transplantaton
"Homosexuality and hope"-A statement of the Catholic Medical Association
II. Nutrition and hydration
Nutrition, hydration and cost containment
Comments and criticisms: The Quinlan case
Commentary on the AMA statement on tube feedings
Nutrition and hydration: Moral considerations-a commentary on a statement of the Catholic Bishops
of Pennsylvania
Medical and Ethical Issues wien discontinuing AHN
III. Abortion
Who speaks for the fetus?
Games people play with abortion data
Rape and abortion
The "middle ground" on abortion
Abortionists on hospital staffs
The sleeping giant
IV. Handicapped children
A commentary on the case of Baby Jane Doe
The sanctity of life in a violent society
Management of a pregnancy with an anecephalic baby
Ethical issues in spina bifida therapy
Philip Becker and the right to privacy
Commentary: Counseling practices at the birth of a child with Down's Syndrome
Treatment vs. non-treatment for the handicapped newborn
The rights of infants with Down's Syndrome
The AMA and infanticide: An unfortunate guideline
V. Contraception
Oral progestins and the Catholic Physician
Contraception and abortifacients
RU-486: The rest of the story
VI. Experimentation
Redefining the issues on fetal experimentation
The Willowbrook experiments
Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Nurmeburg Doctors' trials
VII. Family issues
Classroom sex education: An inappropriate remedy
Every child should be born wanted-a dubious goal
Sexual exploitation of children
Parental notification and public privacy
Moral aspects of maternal deprivation
VIII. Medical education
The church and medical education
The Bakke decision and Catholic applicants to medical school
Do medical schools discriminate against anti-abortion applicants
IX. Clinical issues
Orders not to resuscitate
Clinical medico-moral issues regarding sterilization
In-vitro fertilization: a moratorium is in order
Moral and medical issues in boxing
AIDS and advocate science
Miraculous cures
An approach to venereal disease control
The morality of crisis pregnancy counseling
X. Abortion and public policy
The consistent ethic of life
Abortion in a pluralistic society
Constitutional impediments to legislative change
Personally opposed, but.
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