Ethics
Research Guides
Catholic Bioethics
ENCYCLICALS
Encyclical Letter on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life by Pope John Paul II (March 25, 1995)
On Combatting Abortion and Euthanasia
Pope John Paul II.Letter to the Bishops of the World from Pope John Paul II, (June 21, 1991)
Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI on the Regulation of Birth (July 25, 1968)
WEBSITES
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
This website, produced by the conference of all U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops, includes articles, fact sheets, news releases, and testimony and letters to Congress on issues such as abortion,, contraception, cloning, euthanasia and natural family planning. It also includes the full text of "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services"
National Catholic Bioethics Center
The National Catholic Bioethics Center provides education and position statements on current bioethical issues based on the official teaching of the Catholic Church. The site includes information on educational programs, such as a National Certificate Program in health care ethics for health care professionals, brief articles on the Church's position on bioethical issues, and an online pamphlet called, A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions.
BOOKS
McNichols Campus Library
RG 133.5 .R56 2010
Catholic health care ethics : a manual for practitioners
Furton, Edward James; Cataldo, Peter J.; Moraczewski, Albert S.,. (National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2009)McNichols Campus Library
R 724 .C38 2009
Artificial nutrition and hydration and the permanently unconscious patient : the Catholic debate
Hamel, Ronald P.; Walter, James J.. (Georgetown University Press, 2007)McNichols Campus Library
RB 150 .C6 A78 2007
Medicine, health care, & ethics : Catholic voices
Morris, John F. (ed.).. (Catholic University of America Press)R 725.56 .M443 2007
Catholic Christianity and the meaning of healing
Sulmasy, Daniel P.. Balm for Gilead : meditations on spirituality and the healing arts. Georgetown University Press, 2006.McNichols Campus Library
R 725.55 .S85 2006
Health care ethics : a Catholic theological analysis
Ashley, Benedict M.; deBlois, Jean K.; O'Rourke, Kevin D.. (Georgetown University Press, 2006)McNichols Campus Library
R 724 .A74 2006
Medical care at the end of life : a Catholic perspective
Kelly, David F.. (Georgetown University Press, 2006)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.56 .K46 2006
Contemporary issues in bioethics : a Catholic perspective
Walter, James J. ; Shannon, Thomas A.. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.56 .W35 2005
When God's people have HIV/AIDS : an approach to ethics
Cimperman, Maria. (Orbis Books, 2005)McNichols Campus Library
BX 2347.8 .A52 C56 2005
McNichols Campus Library
QH 587 .S7226 2004
Contemporary Catholic health care ethics
Kelly, David F.. (Georgetown University Press, 2004)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.56 .K438 2004
Ethical dimensions of trusteeship on the boards of Catholic hospitals and systems
Jennings, Bruce. Ethics of hospital trustees, Georgetown University Press, 2004.McNichols Campus Library
RA 971 .E89 2004
Jesuit health sciences & the promotion of justice : an invitation to a discussion.
Welie, Jos V. M.; Kissell, Judith Lee.. (Milwaukee, Wis., USA : Marquette University Press, c2004.)McNichols Campus Library
R 737 .J47 2004
Above link is to the Table of Contents.
Sterilization, birth control, and the Catholic confrontation with eugenics,
Rosen, Christine. Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement, Oxford University Press, 2004.McNichols Campus Library
HQ 755.5 .U5 R67 2004
Last rights : a Catholic perspective on end-of-life decisions
Christie, Dolores L.. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
R 726 .C463 2003
Introduction to Jewish and Catholic bioethics : a comparative analysis
Mackler, Aaron L.. (Georgetown University Press, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.55 .M33 2003
More humane medicine : a liberal Catholic bioethics
Drane, James F.. (Edinboro University Press, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.56 .D7 2003
Healthcare allocation : an ethical framework for public policy
Fisher, Anthony; Gormally, Luke (eds.).. (Linacre Centre, 2001)McNichols Campus Library
RA 427.25 .H43 2001
"Published on behalf of the Catholic Bishops' Joint Bioethics Committee by the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics"
Catholic ethicists on HIV/AIDS prevention
Keenan, James F.; Fuller, Jon; Cahill, Lisa Sowle. (Continuum, 2000)McNichols Campus Library
RA 644 .A25 C376 2000
McNichols Campus Library
HQ 1073.5 .U6 C85 2000
Jewish and Catholic bioethics : an ecumenical dialogue
Pellegrino, Edmund D.; Faden, Alan I. (eds.).. (Georgetown University Press, 1999)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.57 .J45 1999
Medical ethics : sources of Catholic teachings
O'Rourke, Kevin D.; Boyle, Philip. (3rd ed., Georgetown University Press, 1999)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.56 .O75 1999
Catholic perspective on physician-assisted suicide
Matthews, Merrill Jr.. Physician assisted suicide : expanding the debate. Battin, Margaret P.; Rhodes, Rosamond; Silvers, Anita (eds.), Routledge, 1998.McNichols Campus Library
R 726 .P496 1998
Whose sexuality? Whose tradition? Women, experience, and Roman Catholic sexual ethics
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Feminist ethics and the Catholic moral tradition. Curran, Charles E.; Farley, Margaret A.; McCormick, Richard A. (eds.). Paulist Press, 1996.McNichols Campus Library
BJ 1395 .F448 1996
Birth, suffering, and death : Catholic perspectives at the edges of life
Wildes, Kevin W.; Abel, Francesc; Harvey, John C. (eds.).. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.)McNichols Campus Library
BJ 1469 .B57 1992
McNichols Campus Library
BJ 1249 .B4 1988
What's it all about? : the Catholic health care ministry
Catholic Health Association of the United States. (Catholic Health Association of the United States, 1986)McNichols Campus Library
R 725.55 .W43 1986
Summary: Presents principles of a Catholic-based health care philosophy based on the personhood of the individual patient.
Dental School Library
R 724 .K35 1979
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Bioethics for clinicians : 27. Catholic bioethics
Markwell, Hazel J.; Brown, Barry F.. Canadian Medical Association Journal. (165(2), July 24, 2001, 189-192)ONLINE ACCESS ONLY
To make a seamless garment, use a single piece of cloth
Gudorf, Christine E.. Cross Currents. (34(4), Winter 1984/1985, 473-491)ONLINE ACCESS ONLY
Available in the ATLAReligion (FirstSearch) database, accessible from the Electronic Resources page of the UDM library portal.
Catholic theological ethics, past, present, and future : the Trento conference
Keenan, James F.. (Orbis Books, 2011)McNichols Campus Library
BJ 1249 .C195 2011
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