To Treat or Not to Treat The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. Mccormick S. J. , As Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Newborns

Name: To Treat or Not to Treat The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. Mccormick S. J. , As Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Newborns
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ISBN: 9781881871446

ISBN-10: 1881871444

ISBN-13: 9781881871446

Edition: 2003

Authors: Peter A. Clark

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Medical and ethical decision concerning treatment for handicapped newborns have always been difficult. Despite technological advances, parents and health-care professionals still search for criteria that will address treatment categories from an ethical standpoint. Richard A. McCormick, a leading Roman Catholic moral theologian, has proposed a patient-centered, quality-of-life approach to treatment decision that appears to meet the needs of decision-makers. Peter A. Clark applies McCormick's ethical approach to five categories of handicapped newborns as a practical demonstration of the treatment decision process. "Clark constructs, analyzes, and criticizes McCormick's developing methodology…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Creighton University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface


Background


Notes



Introduction



Bioethical Methodologies


Principlism


Phenomenological Methodology


Hermeneutical Methodology


Narrative Methodology


Virtue-Based Methodology


Medical Casuistry Methodology


Natural Law Methodology


Neonatology: A United States Perspective


General Ethical Approaches to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Neonates


Notes



Theological Anthropology


Introduction


McCormick's Theological Anthropology


Doctrine of Creation


Doctrine of the Fall


Doctrine of Redemption


Christology, Incarnation, and Eschatology


Practical Implications of McCormick's Theological Anthropology As Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Neonates


Human Life Is a Basic but not Absolute Good


Human Life Is a Value to Be Preserved Only Insofar as It Contains Some Potentiality for Human Relationships


Human Life As Sacred


Medical Treatment Decisions Ought to Incorporate Individual and Social Factors


Pain and Suffering Can Have Redemptive Meaning


Science and Technology As Goods of Creation


Criticism


Conclusion


Notes



Moral Epistemology


Introduction


McCormick's Dual Moral Epistemology


First Moral Epistemology--Prior to 1983


Second Moral Epistemology--After 1983


Practical Implications of McCormick's Moral Epistemology (After 1983) as Applied to Treatment


Decisions for Handicapped Neonates


Human Life Is a Good But Not an Absolute Good


Human Life Is Sacred and Cannot Be Directly Terminated


Medical Technology Is a Good, But a Good that is Limited and to Be Used Responsibly


Criticism


Conclusion


Notes



Moral Criteriology


Introduction


McCormick's Ethical Criteria


Criticism


Conclusion


Notes



McCormick's Ethical Methodology As Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Neonates


Introduction


Procedural Issues


Application of McCormick's Ethical Methodology to five Diagnostic Treatment Categories of Handicapped Neonates


Conclusion


Notes



Conclusion


Introduction


Critical Assessment of McCormick's Ethical Methodology


Future Considerations


Personal Assessment--Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography