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    Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective / by James J. Walter and Thomas A. Shannon

    • 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.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Shannon, Thomas A.
    • Published/Created:Lanham, Md. ; Toronto, ON : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
      Bioethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
    • Medical Subjects: Bioethical Issues.
      Catholicism.
    • Description:xii, 293 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0742550605 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      0742550613 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 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.
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