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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778241203321

Autore

Ashley Benedict M

Titolo

Health care ethics [[electronic resource] ] : a Catholic theological analysis / / Benedict M. Ashley, Jean K. deBlois, Kevin D. O'Rourke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-58901-337-9

1-4356-3190-0

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeBloisJean

O'RourkeKevin D

Disciplina

241/.642

Soggetti

Medical ethics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Medicine - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Bioethics in a multicultural age -- Ethics and needs of the common person -- Sexuality and reproduction -- Reconstructing and modifying the human body -- Mental health: ethical perspectives -- Suffering and death -- Social responsibility -- Pastoral care.

Sommario/riassunto

Health Care Ethics is a comprehensive study of significant issues affecting health care and the ethics of health care from the perspective of Catholic theology. It aims to help Christian, and especially Catholic, health care professionals solve concrete problems in terms of principles rooted in scripture and tested by individual experience; however, its basis in real medical experience makes this book a valuable resource for anyone with a general interest in health care ethics.This fifth edition, which includes important contributions by Jean deBlois, C.S.J., considers everyday ethical questio