Ethics of health care : an introductory textbook /
Benedict M. Ashley, Kevin D. O'Rourke.
- Third edition
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2002.
- xi, 260 pages ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.
Methods in Health Care Ethics -- Enlightenment and New Ethical Systems -- Hume's Contribution to Other Systems -- Other Ethical Systems in the United States -- Moral System of the Catholic Church -- Content of Catholic Health Care Ethics -- Is There a Catholic Ethics? -- What Is an Ethical Principle? -- Principles of Christian Faith -- Principles of Christian Love -- Principles of Christian Hope -- Person Seeking Health -- Notion of Person -- Person and Community -- Developing Common Values -- Priorities in Needs and Values -- Defining Human Health -- Concepts of Health and Disease -- Disease and Illness -- Biological Health -- Higher Levels of Health -- Integrating Human Functioning -- Personal Responsibility for Health -- Individual's Quest for Health -- Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle -- Creative Stewardship of Health -- Developing a Well-Formed Conscience -- Concrete Application of Moral Norms -- Elements of Informed Consent -- Choosing a Physician -- Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals -- What Is a Profession? -- Ideals of the Medical Profession -- Christian Health Care Professional -- Personalizing the Health Care Profession -- Professional Communication -- Peer Relationships and Professional Discipline -- Social Responsibility for Health Care -- Models of Health Care -- Gospel Principles of Social Organization -- Functionalism -- Health Care Team -- Health Care Ethics and Public Policy -- Catholic Health Care Facility -- Human Research and the Allocation of Resources -- Human Research -- Norms for Research on Human Subjects -- Allocating Resources: Micro and Macro Issues -- Sexuality and Reproduction -- Meaning of Sexuality -- Human Sexuality -- Abortion -- Disputed Cases: Ectopic Pregnancy and Anencephalic Infants -- Morality of Contraception -- Natural Family Planning -- Surgical Sterilization -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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