Overview

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition, integrates theology, methodology, and practical application into a detailed and practical examination of the bioethical issues that confront students, scholars, and practitioners. Noted bioethicists Gerard Magill, Henk ten Have, and David F. Kelly contribute diverse backgrounds and experience that inform the richness of new material covered in this second edition. 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.

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Author:   David F. Kelly ,  Gerard Magill ,  Henk ten Have ,  David F. Kelly
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781589019607

ISBN 10:   1589019601
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781589019614
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Theological Basis1. Religion and Health Care2. The Dignity of Human Life3. The Integrity of the Human Person4. The Implications for Health Care5. Theological Principles in Health Care Ethics Part II: Method6. The Levels and Questions of Ethics7. Freedom and the Moral Agent8. Right and Wrong9. Metaethics10. Method in Catholic Medical Ethics11. Catholic Method and Birth Control12. The Principle of Double Effect PART III. Application13. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar One: Ordinary and Extraordinary Means14. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Two: Killing and Allowing to Die15. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Decisions by Competent Patients16. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Decisions for Incompetent Patients17. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: Advance Directives18. Hydration and Nutrition19. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia20. Medical Futility21. Pain and Pain Management22. Ethics Committees23. Research Ethics24. Organizational Ethics25. Embryonic Stem Cells and the Beginning of Personhood26. Genetic Engineering: Ethics and Anthropology27. Specific Issues in Genetics28. Allocating Health Care Resources29. The Use and Misuse of the Allocation Argument30. Global Bioethics Glossary Cases Cited References Index

Reviews

Far outpaces other texts of its kind in its excellent presentation of the legal and scientific aspects related to medical ethics. -- Health Progress Provides a mixture of medical and religious wisdom that helps explain how and why the Catholic healthcare establishment arrives at its conclusions. -- Conscience

<p> Every bioethicist should read Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics .... Its worth comes from exemplifying a re-engagement with ethical theory, religious principles, and spiritual thinking that is missing from contemporary bioethics in the United States. -- Medical Humanities Review

Author Information

David F. Kelly is professor emeritus, Duquesne University. Gerard Magill is Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy, and Law, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University. Henk ten Have is the director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University.

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