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Medical Ethics Kevin D. O'Rourke

Medical Ethics By Kevin D. O'Rourke

Medical Ethics by Kevin D. O'Rourke

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Examines specific teachings of the Church on over seventy issues in clinical and research ethics, including abortion, AIDS, artificial insemination, assisted suicide, cloning, contraception, euthanasia, gene therapy, health care reform, organ donation and transplantation, organizational ethics, stem cells, and, surrogate motherhood.

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Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings, Fourth Edition by Kevin D. O'Rourke

In a single convenient resource, this revised and updated edition of a classic text organizes and presents clearly the documents of the Catholic Church pertaining to medical ethics. Introductory chapters provide the context for interpreting the Church's teachings and theological values, guiding the reader in how to apply the teachings to particular ethical dilemmas and helping the reader to understand the role of conscience within the Catholic tradition. The teaching of the Church in regard to health care ethics is pertinent not only for health care professionals and students, but for all who are concerned about the common good of society. Medical Ethics examines specific teachings of the Church on over seventy issues in clinical and research ethics, including abortion, AIDS, artificial insemination, assisted suicide, cloning, contraception, euthanasia, gene therapy, health care reform, organ donation and transplantation, organizational ethics, stem cells, surrogate motherhood, and withholding and withdrawing life support. O'Rourke and Boyle bring this fourth edition up to the present day by incorporating recent papal documents regarding the social aspects of health care, assent to Church teaching, and the 2008 papal instruction Dignitas personae, an extremely influential document that illuminates such controversial dilemmas as prenatal adoption, frozen embryos, and genetic diagnosis.

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A clear and practical guide that informs faithful and serious moral thinking about important medical choices ... a trusted resource and proven roadmap to guide us along an important and challenging moral path. Theological Studies This fine book is primarily about the sources, both theological and moral, or Catholic moral teachings. The reader will find a clear and practical guide that informs faithful and series moral thinking about important medical choices... This new edition of a now classic book remains a trusted resource and proven roadmap to guide us along an important and challenging moral path. Theological Studies

About Kevin D. O'Rourke

Kevin O'Rourke, OP, is a professor of bioethics at the Neiswanger Institute of Bioethics and Public Policy in the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University, Chicago. He is the coauthor of Health Care Ethics: A Theological Analysis, Fifth Edition and Ethics of Health Care: An Introductory Textbook, Third Edition. Philip J. Boyle is vice president of mission and ethics at Catholic Health East, a multi-institutional Catholic health care system. He is the coauthor of Organizational Ethics in Health Care.

Table of Contents

Part I: Understanding Church Teachings1: The View of the PersonMoral NormsNature and Cultural NeedsPerson in CommunityThe Notion of HealthThe Notion of Sickness and DeathThe Notion of SexualityConclusion 2: Normative ConceptsThe Conditions for Double EffectConcept of Legitimate CooperationScandalInformed ConsentTotalityDignity of the PersonCommon GoodPreferential Option for the PoorSubsidiarityParticipationAssociationSolidarityJustice 3: Formation of ConscienceMistaken Notions of ConscienceForming ConscienceFaith in the Formation of ConscienceFollowing ConscienceConscience is Not InfallibleVarious Levels of TeachingAssent is Prompted by the SpiritWithholding Assent and DissentSummary Part II: Specific Teachings of the Church4: AbortionThe Gospel of LifeDeclaration on Procured AbortionEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Heath Care ServicesInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of ProcreationPastoral Guidelines for the Catholic Hospital and Catholic Health Care PersonnelInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 5: Advanced DirectivesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesThe Rights of the Terminally IllPastoral Letter 6: AgingSociety and the Aged: Toward Reconciliation 7: AIDSAfrica's AIDS CrisisThe Many Faces of AIDS: A Gospel ResponseOn Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 8: Alternative TherapiesGuidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy 9: AnencephalyMoral Principles Concerning Infants with AnencephalyEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services10: Artificial Insemination and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)Instructions on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of ProcreationChristian Norms of MoralityThe Gospel of LifeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services11: Assisted SuicideCatechism of the Catholic Church: Assisted SuicideLiving and Dying according to the Voice of FaithLiving and Dying WellEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services12: AutonomyEvangelium vitae 13: AutopsyMoral Problems in Medicine 14: Brain DeathAddress of the Holy Father John Paul II to the 18th International Congress of the Transplantation SocietyThe Prolongation of LifeGuidelines for the Determination of Brain DeathEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 15: Care for the Poor, or, Option for the PoorDeus caritas estEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 16: Catholic Health CareGod Is LoveHealth Care: Ministry in TransitionMaking the Case for Not-for-Profit Health CareThe Rationale of Catholic Health CareEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services17: Catholic IdentityEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 18: CloningDocument of the Holy See on Human CloningLife-giving Love in an Age of TechnologyInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 19: ConfidentialityChristian Principles and the Medical ProfessionThe Intangibility of the Human PersonEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 20: ContraceptionEncyclical Letter on the Regulation of BirthsThe Christian Family in the Modern WorldEvangelium vitaeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 21: Death, Determination ofDetermining the Moment When Death OccursAddress to Participants at an International Congress Organized by the Pontifical Academy for LifeAddress to the 18th International Congress on the Transplantation SocietyEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 22: Dignity of PersonEvangelium vitaePastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern WorldInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day 23: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)Evangelium vitaeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 24: Durable Power of AttorneyPastoral LetterA Catholic Perspective on Advance Directives in Illinois25: Ectopic PregnancyEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 26: EmbryosI. Nature of the EmbryoInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation II. Embryos: Stem CellsInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person III. Research on EmbryosInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the DayEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services IV. Freezing EmbryosInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person V. Reduction of EmbryosInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 27: Emergency ContraceptionEmergency ContraceptionEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 28: Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD)Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 29: Ethics CommitteesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesContemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics30: EuthanasiaEvangelium vitaeDeclaration on EuthanasiaThe Mystery of Life and DeathEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 31: Fertility AssistanceEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 32: Fetal Remains, Disposal ofInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day 33: Futile CareEvangelium vitaeDeclaration on EuthanasiaMindful of the Common Good: Elections in New Zealand 34: Gene TherapyThe Ethics of Gene ManipulationMoral Aspects of GeneticsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 35: Genetic Testing and CounselingCritical Decisions: Genetic Testing and Its ImplicationsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 36: Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day 37: Government MandatesState Mandates Employers Provide Contraceptive BenefitsState Mandated Emergency ContraceptionThe San Francisco Solution 38: Handicapped, Access and TherapyPastoral Statement of the United States Catholic Bishops on Handicapped People 39: Health Care ProfessionalsEvangelium vitaeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services I. PhysiciansThe Exalted Character of the Medical ProfessionCatholic Doctors: Higher Witnesses II. NursesThe Nursing VocationQuestions of Ethics Regarding the Fatally Ill and DyingIII. PharmacistsThe Responsibility of the Pharmacist IV. AdministratorsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 40: Health Care ReformResolution on Health Care ReformCriteria for Evaluating Health Care Reform, United States Catholic ConferenceLabor Day Statement 2009: Rebuilding the Economy, Reforming Health CareUSCCB's Vision of Health Care ReformHealth Care Coverage: Whose Responsibility? 41: HospicePastoral Care of the Sick and ImprisonedEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 42: Hydration and Nutrition, AssistedTo Participants in the International Congress on 'Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas'CommentaryEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 43: Induction of LaborEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 44: InfertilityInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day 45: Informed ConsentEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesThe Intangibility of the Human Person 46: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)Instruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 47: In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transplant (IVF and ET)Gospel of LifeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation 48: Joint VenturesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesCatholic Health Care Collaborative Relationships 49: Labor and Management RelationsRespecting the Just Rights of Catholic Health Care WorkersHealth Care Workers' Conscience Rights Should Be ProtectedA Fair and Just Workplace: Principles and Practices for Catholic Health CareEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 50: Living Will51: Natural Family PlanningWhy Natural Family Planning Differs from ContraceptionNatural Family PlanningMarried Love and the Gift of LifeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 52: Non-Heart-Beating DonorsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 53: Ordinary and Extraordinary Measures to Preserve LifeEvangelium vitaeThe Prolongation of LifeDeclaration on EuthanasiaEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 54: Organ Donation and TransplantationGospel of LifeBlood and Organ DonorsMany Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions Must Be Examined in Greater DepthEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 55: Pain ReliefGospel of LifeDeclaration on EuthanasiaChristian Principles and the Medical ProfessionEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 56: Palliative CareEvangelium vitaeEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 57: Pastoral CareEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 58: Physician-Assisted SuicideEvangelium vitaeLiving and Dying Well 59: Preimplantation DiagnosisInstruction Dignitas Personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonEvangelium vitae 60: Prenatal AdoptionInstruction Dignitas Personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the Person 61: Proxy ConsentDeclaration on EuthanasiaEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesThe Prolongation of Life 62: PsychotherapyThe Moral Component of the Therapeutic TaskThe Image of God in People with Mental IllnessOn Psychotherapy and Religion63: Rape, Treatment of VictimsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesGuidelines for Catholic Hospitals Treating Victims of Sexual AssaultUsing the 'Morning-After Pill' in Cases of Rape 64: Research on Human SubjectsEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of ProcreationBiological Experimentation 65: Right to Health CarePastoral Letter on Health and Health CareThe Right to Health Care 66: RU-486RU-486: The Abortion Pill 67: ScandalEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 68: Sexual AbuseEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 69: Stem CellsInstruction Dignitas personae: Bioethical Questions and the Dignity of the PersonStatement on Embryonic Stem-Cell Research 70: SterilizationRemoval of a Healthy OrganSterilization in Catholic HospitalsResponses to Uterine Isolation and Related MattersEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 71: SufferingThe Christian Meaning of Human SufferingEvangelium VitaeChristian Principles and the Medical Profession 72: SuicideGospel of LifeDeclaration on Euthanasia 73: SurgerySurgeryRemoval of a Healthy OrganThe Intangibility of the Human PersonEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 74: Surrogate MothersInstruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of ProcreationNew Jersey Bishops' Statement 'On Surrogate Motherhood'Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 75: Terminal SedationEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services 76: Truth TellingChristian Principles and the Medical ProfessionQuestions of Ethics Regarding the Fatally Ill and the DyingEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services77: Uterine IsolationResponses on Uterine Isolation and Related Matters 78: Withholding and Withdrawing Life SupportGospel of LifeDeclaration on EuthanasiaEthical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services Index

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NLS9781589017429
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Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings, Fourth Edition by Kevin D. O'Rourke
Kevin D. O'Rourke
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Georgetown University Press
2011-04-13
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