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Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective / by James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon
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Title:Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective / by James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon
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Author/Creator:Walter, James J.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Shannon, Thomas A.
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Published/Created:Lanham, Md. ; Toronto, ON : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WB60 .W35 2005
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Bioethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
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Medical Subjects: Bioethical Issues.
Catholicism.
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Description:xii, 293 p. ; 23 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:0742550605 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0742550613 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:1. Religion and bioethics : a value-added discussion
2. Playing God or playing human?
3. Horizon analysis and moral stance : an interpretation of Cardinal Bernardin's "consistent ethic of life"
4. communitarian perspective : autonomy and the common good
5. Reflections on the moral status of the pre-embryo / James J. Walter and Allan B. Wolter
6. Catholic reflection on embryonic stem cell research
7. Cloning, uniqueness, and individuality
8. Reproductive technologies : ethical and religious issues
9. Theological parameters : Catholic doctrine on abortion in a pluralist society
10. Perspectives on medical ethics : biotechnology and genetic medicine
11. Theological perspectives on cancer genetics and gene therapy : the Roman Catholic tradition
12. meaning and validity of quality of life judgments in contemporary Roman Catholic medical ethics
13. Terminal sedation : a Catholic perspective
14. PVS patient and the forgoing/withdrawing of medical nutrition and hydration
15. Artificial nutrition and hydration : assessing the papal statement
16. Implications of the papal allocution on feeding tubes
17. Assisted nutrition and hydration and the Catholic tradition : the case of Terri Schiavo.