Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners

This book contains essays on bioethical topics written from a Roman Catholic perspective for members of Catholic health care ethics committees, health care professionals, faculty and students, clergy, and others interested in Catholic bioethics. Subject areas include foundational moral principles, ethics committee process topics, beginning and end-of-life ethical issues, selected clinical issues, and institutional issues. Each chapter contains a helpful editorial summation. The volume also includes several appendices of official Roman Catholic documents relevant to bioethical issues as well as documents of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, such as the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth Edition. Throughout the manual the ethical reasoning used is made clear and connections with specific Church teaching are indicated. A comprehensive subject index and a copious, cross-indexed bibliography are included. Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Ethics Committees is in a looseleaf binder format for easy insertion of updated contents.