Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics

Name: Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics
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ISBN: 9781589010307

ISBN-10: 1589010302

ISBN-13: 9781589010307

Edition: 2005

Authors: David F. Kelly

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David Kelly demonstrates how Catholic health care ethics can - and should - evolve similarly in response to the lightning speed of modern medical advances.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


List of Abbreviations



Theological Basis



Religion and Health Care



The Dignity of Human Life



The Integrity of the Human Person



The Implications for Health Care



Theological Principles in Health Care Ethics



Method



The Levels and Questions of Ethics



Freedom and the Moral Agent



Right and Wrong



Metaethics



Method in Catholic Medical Ethics



Catholic Method and Birth Control



The Principle of Double Effect



Application



Forgoing Treatment, Pillar One: Ordinary and Extraordinary Means



Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Two: Killing and Allowing to Die



Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Decisions by Competent Patients



Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Decisions for Incompetent Patients



Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Advance Directives



Hydration and Nutrition



Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia



Medical Futility



Pain and Pain Management



Ethics Committees



Embryonic Stem Cells and the Beginning of Personhood



Genetic Engineering



Allocating Health Care Resources



The Use and Misuse of the Allocation Argument


Glossary


Cases Cited


References


Index