Ashley, Benedict M.

Health care ethics : a Catholic theological analysis / Benedict M. Ashley, Jean K. deBlois, Kevin D. O'Rourke. - 5th ed. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2006. - xvii, 328 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-303) and index.

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

This fifth edition of a classic in the field, which includes important contributions by Jean deBlois, C.S.J., considers everyday ethical questions and dilemmas in clinical care and deals more deeply with issues of women's health, mental health, sexual orientation, artificial reproduction, and contemporary social issues in health care. The authors devote special attention to the various ethical theories currently in use in the United States while clearly presenting a method of ethical decision making based in the Catholic tradition. They discuss the needs of the human person, outlining what it means to be human, both as an individual and as part of community.

1589011163 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781589011168 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006003222

GBA675202 bnb

101266607 DNLM 013542329 Uk


Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Medicine--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Ethics, Medical.
Bioethical Issues.
Catholicism.
Delivery of Health Care--ethics.
Religion and Medicine.

R 724 / .A74 2006

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