CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOETHICS: A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Pt. I. Theological issues -- Ch. 1. Religion and bioethics: a value-added discussion -- Ch. 2. Playing God or playing human? -- Ch. 3. Horizon analysis and moral stance: an interpretation of Cardinal Bernardin's "Consistent Ethic of Life" -- Ch. 4. The communitarian perspective: autonomy and the common good -- Pt. II. Issues at the beginning of life -- Ch. 5. Reflections on the moral status of the pre-embryo (with Allan B. Wolter) -- Ch. 6. A catholic reflection on embryonic stem cell research -- Ch. 7. Cloning, uniqueness, and individuality -- Ch. 8. Reproductive technologies: ethical and religious issues -- Ch. 9. Theological parameters: catholic doctrine on abortion in a pluralist society -- Pt. III. Issues concerned with genetic medicine and the care of ill patients -- Ch. 10. Perspectives on medical ethics: biotechnology and genetic medicine -- Ch. 11. Theological perspectives on cancer genetics and gene therapy: the Roman Catholic tradition -- Ch. 12. The meaning and validity of quality of life judgments in contemporary Roman Catholic medical ethics -- Pt. IV. Issues at the end of life -- Ch. 13. Terminal sedation: a catholic perspective -- Ch. 14. The PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration -- Ch. 15. Artificial nutrition and hydration: assessing the papal statement -- Ch. 16. Implications of the papal allocution on feeding tubes -- Ch. 17. Assisted nutrition and hydration and the catholic tradition: The case of Terri Schiavo -- Index -- About the authors