03368nam 2200589Ia 450 991045904950332120200520144314.01-282-87074-297866128707431-4411-0004-0(CKB)2670000000055683(EBL)601869(OCoLC)676697865(SSID)ssj0000412840(PQKBManifestationID)12104529(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412840(PQKBWorkID)10369620(PQKB)10284643(MiAaPQ)EBC601869(Au-PeEL)EBL601869(CaPaEBR)ebr10427391(CaONFJC)MIL287074(EXLCZ)99267000000005568320090807d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBioethics matters[electronic resource] a guide for concerned Catholics /Moira McQueenLondon Continuum20091 online resource (108 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-3510-6 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Bioethics from a Roman Catholic perspective; 1. What is ethics?; 2. Some key terms; 3. The human person; 4. Sources of Roman Catholic ethics: Revelation and natural law; 5. Traditional moral theology: Objective dimensions; 6. Traditional moral theology: Subjective dimensions; 7. Conscience; 8. Conversion; Part 2: Reproductive technologies; 1. The human person: Church teaching; 2. Personhood: Theological and legal dimensions; 3. The morality of in vitro fertilization; 4. Ethical concerns arising from in vitro fertilization; 5. Stem cells: Embryonic and adult6. Stem cell experimentation and morality7. The principle of double effect; 8. Co-operation in evil; Part 3: End-of-life issues; 1. The dignity of the dying; 2. Patients' rights; 3. Withdrawal of treatment; Part 4: Catholic teaching on living life until the end; 1. Definitions; 2. The Dutch experience; 3. Suffering and palliative care; 4. The Christian approach to death; Appendix: Advance directives for health care; NotesBioethics Matters is an essential resource for Catholic dealing with medical and end-of -life issues. This succinct guide clearly sets out Catholic teaching on today`s debated issues: stem cell research, reproductive technologies, euthanasia and much more. By presenting real-life situations, this guide provides readers with examples of Catholic ethical decision-making in action. The purpose is to show how Catholic teaching can help people today navigate their way through tough decisions and choices. Lay people deserve to be as educated as possible in Catholic teaching. Lay people today have huBioethicsReligious aspectsCatholic ChurchMedical ethicsReligious aspectsCatholic ChurchElectronic books.BioethicsReligious aspectsCatholic Church.Medical ethicsReligious aspectsCatholic Church.241.64957McQueen Moira959428MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459049503321Bioethics matters2173941UNINA