Theo 110 and Theo 319: Bioethics: Home

Contents: Elements of Catholic care. Foundations of authentic medical care / Catholic anthropology and medical ethics / Pastoral care of the sick and dying / Witness in practice : the clinical context. Reproductive health and the practice of gynecology / Fertility care services / Catholic witness in pediatrics / Caring for older adults / Catholic perspectives on caring for the critically ill / Challenges for Catholic surgeons / Spiritual perspective in rehabilitation medicine / Catholic psychologists and the spiritual dimension / Catholic pharmacist / Toward a shifting culture. Apprenticed to Christ : the formation of Catholic medical students / Ethics in clinical research / Model of Catholic care -- "The Casa" /

Includes bibliographical references and index.--"The book is organized into three sections: theology (basic issues underlying Catholic thought), methodology (how Catholic theology approaches moral issues, including birth control), and applications to current issues. New chapters discuss controversial end-of-life issues such as forgoing treatment, killing versus allowing patients to die, ways to handle decisions for incompetent patients, advance directives, and physician-assisted suicide. Unlike anthologies, the coherent text offers a consistent method in order to provide students, scholars, and practitioners with an understanding of ethical dilemmas as well as concrete examples to assist in the difficult decisions they must make on an everyday basis."

Includes bibliographical references and index.--"Bishop Anthony Fisher discusses conscience, relationships and law in relation to the modern-day controversies surrounding stem cell research, abortion, transplants, artificial feeding and euthanasia, using case studies to offer insight and illumination. What emerges is a reason-based bioethics for the twenty-first century; a bioethics that treats faith and reason with equal seriousness, that shows the relevance of ancient wisdom to the complexities of modern healthcare scenarios and that offers new suggestions for social policy and regulation."

A great place to find a topic to research! "Covering a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment," Volume 1: A-B -- Volume 2: C-E -- Volume 3: F-I -- Volume 4: J-O -- Volume 5: P-R -- Volume 6: S-Z -- Appendices -- Index.scription:

Description: Introduction: Four questions of ethics. What are the source, meaning, and justification of ethical claims? -- What kinds of actions are right? -- How do rules apply to specific situations? -- What ought to be done in specific cases? -- Ethics and values in medical cases. A model for ethical problem solving -- Values in health and illness -- What is the source of moral judgments? -- Ethical principles in medical ethics. Benefiting the patient and others : the duty to do good and avoid harm -- Justice : the allocation of health resources -- Autonomy -- Veracity : honesty with patients -- Fidelity : promise keeping, loyalty to patients, and impaired professionals -- Avoidance of killing -- Special problem areas. Abortion, sterilization, and contraception -- Genetics, birth, and the biological revolution -- Mental health and behavior control -- Confidentiality : ethical disclosure of medical information -- Organ transplants -- Health insurance, health system planning, and rationing -- Experimentation on human subjects -- Consent and the right to refuse treatment -- Death and dying.