Kelly, David F. creator Magill, Gerard 1951- Have, H. ten. text bibliography dcu Washington, DC Georgetown University Press c2013 2013 Second Edition monographic eng

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xvi, 432 pages 26 cm. Religion and health care -- The dignity of human life -- The integrity of the human person -- The implications for health care -- Theological principles in health care ethics -- The levels and questions of ethics -- Freedom and the moral agent -- Right and wrong -- Metaethics -- Method in Catholic medical ethics -- Catholic method and birth control -- The principle of double effect -- Forgoing treatment, pillar one: ordinary and extraordinary means -- Forgoing treatment, pillar two: killing and allowing to die -- Forgoing treatment, pillar three: decisions by competent patients -- Forgoing treatment, pillar three: decisions for incompetent patients -- Forgoing treatment, pillar three: advance directives -- Hydration and nutrition -- Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia -- Medical futility -- Pain and pain management -- Ethics committees -- Research ethics -- Organizational ethics -- Embryonic stem cells and the beginning of personhood -- Genetic engineering: ethics and anthropology -- Specific issues in genetics -- Allocating health care resources -- The use and misuse of the allocation argument -- Global bioethics. David F. Kelly, Gerard Magill, Henk ten Have. Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-406) and index. Medical ethics Religious aspects Catholic Church Medicine Religious aspects Catholic church Medical care Religious aspects Catholic Church R725.56 .K438 2013 174.2 K2957c2 9781589019607 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 2012023873 DLC 130730 20170612133155.0 322752