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Bioethics matters [electronic resource] : a guide for concerned Catholics / Moira McQueen.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Burns & Oates, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (107 p.)ISBN: - 9781441100047 (electronic bk.)
- 1441100040 (electronic bk.)
- 241.64957 22
- R725.56 .M37 2009eb
Contents:
Bioethics from a Catholic perspective. What is ethics? ; Some key terms ; The huma person ; Sources of Roman Catholic ethics : revelation and natural law ; Traditional moral theology : objective dimensions ; Traditional moral theology : subjective dimensions ; Conscience ; Conversion -- Reproductive technologies. The human person : church teaching ; Personhood : theological and legal dimensions ; The morality of in vitro fertilization ; Ethical concerns arising from in vitro fertilization ; Stem cells : embryonic and adult ; Stem cell experimentation and morality ; The principle of double effect ; Co-operation in evil -- End-of-life issues. The dignity of the dying ; Patients' rights ; Withdrawal of treatment -- Catholic teaching on living life until the end. Definitions ; The Dutch experience ; Suffering and palliative care ; The Christian approach to death -- Appendix : advance directives for health care.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-107).
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Bioethics from a Catholic perspective. What is ethics? ; Some key terms ; The huma person ; Sources of Roman Catholic ethics : revelation and natural law ; Traditional moral theology : objective dimensions ; Traditional moral theology : subjective dimensions ; Conscience ; Conversion -- Reproductive technologies. The human person : church teaching ; Personhood : theological and legal dimensions ; The morality of in vitro fertilization ; Ethical concerns arising from in vitro fertilization ; Stem cells : embryonic and adult ; Stem cell experimentation and morality ; The principle of double effect ; Co-operation in evil -- End-of-life issues. The dignity of the dying ; Patients' rights ; Withdrawal of treatment -- Catholic teaching on living life until the end. Definitions ; The Dutch experience ; Suffering and palliative care ; The Christian approach to death -- Appendix : advance directives for health care.
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