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• Title:Good care, painful choices : medical ethics for ordinary people / Richard J. Devine.
  
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• Author/Creator:Devine, Richard J.
  
• Published/Created:Mahwah, N.J. : Paulist Press, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W50 .D495 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics.
  Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
  
• Medical Subjects: Catholicism.
  Ethics, Medical.
  Religion and Medicine.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:xi, 270 p. ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"Good Care, Painful Choices surveys the ethical decisions that must be made by ordinary people who deal with medicine today - ranging from beginning-life issues such as test-tube babies and surrogate motherhood to end-of-life issues such as advance directives, patient refusal of treatment, and physician-assisted suicide. This third edition gives special attention to partial-birth abortion and to recent discoveries in genetics involving stem cells, cloning, and eugenics." "The strength of the book comes from its foundation in basic moral principles that stress personhood, moral decision making, and conscience. Decidedly Christian, the book gives special emphasis to the Roman Catholic tradition. It will be welcomed by Catholics, by Christians of all denominations, and by anyone interested in a careful overview of contemporary medical ethics."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:0809142732
  9780809142736
  
• Contents:Pt. 1.Some preliminary questions. The person: at the center of morality. Moral decision making: morality in action. Conscience: the moral guide
  Pt. 2. Questions at the beginning of life. Abortion. Handicapped newborns. In vitro fertilization and other artificial reproductive technologies
  Pt. 3. Questions concerning illness and disease. Genetics. Organ transplantation. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  Pt. 4. Questions at the end of life. Death and dying. Euthanasia
  Pt. 5. Questions concerning health care in general. Informed consent. Health care reform.