Handbook on Critical Life Issues

By Donald G. McCarthy

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935372245
• ISBN13: 9780935372243
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Natl Catholic Bioethics Center
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

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Handbook on Critical Life Issues, Third Edition

This book is a best seller, and is now offered in a new and expanded edition. An ideal textbook for college and advanced high school students, it can also be of use to any person concerned with life issues. It evaluates some of the major scientific and life issues of the day and offers a moral evaluation of them from the standpoint of the teaching of the Catholic Church. Includes chapter reviews and discussion questions, in-depth case studies, and the Church documents "Donum vitae" and "Declaration on Euthanasia." Part I is titled "Personhood" and provides a philosophical and ethical reflection of the human person in light of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and for the purpose of clearly defining the reasons for the Church's concern that health care practices not violate the dignity of human life. Part II deals with critical issues at the beginning of life, specifically abortion, technological reproduction and stem cell research. Part III discusses critical issues at the end of human life such as organ transplantation, suicide and euthanasia, the prolongation of life and criteria for determining death. Each chapter is clearly presented and concludes with review and discussion questions which makes this well written and thorough text ideal for use in the classroom, or for adult study groups interested in the Roman Catholic view of the sanctity of life and the ethical treatment of disease.