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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464476803321

Autore

Austriaco Nicanor Pier Giorgio

Titolo

Biomedicine and beatitude : an introduction to Catholic bioethics / / Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Catholic University of America Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-8132-1941-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Catholic moral thought

Disciplina

241/.64957

Soggetti

Bioethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Bioethics and the Pursuit of Beatitude""; ""2. Bioethics at the Beginning of Life""; ""3. Bioethics and Human Procreation""; ""4. Bioethics and the Clinical Encounter""; ""5. Bioethics at the End of Life""; ""6. Bioethics, Organ Donation, and Transplantation""; ""7. Research Bioethics from the Bench to the Bedside""; ""8. Catholic Bioethics in a Pluralistic Society""; ""Appendix: Church Documents on Bioethics""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Scripture Index""; ""Subject Index""