Biomedicen and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, Second Edition: Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco

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Biomedicen and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, Second Edition

by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco

Catholic moral thought

Catholic University of America Press, 2021

Paper: 978-0-8132-3390-1, eISBN: 978-0-8132-3391-8

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This timely and up to date new edition of Biomedicine and Beatitude features an entirely new chapter on the ethics of bodily modification. It is also updated throughout to reflect the pontificate of Pope Francis, recent concerns including ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and feedback from the many instructors who used the first edition in the classroom.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

series page

title page

dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments for the First Edition

Acknowledgments for the Second Edition

Introduction

1. Bioethics and the Pursuit of Beatitude

2. Bioethics at the Beginning of Life

3. Bioethics and Human Procreation

4. Bioethics and the Clinical Encounter

5. Bioethics at the End of Life

6. Bioethics and Modifications of the Human Body

7. Bioethics, Organ Donation, and Transplantation

8. Research Bioethics from the Bench to the Bedside

9. Catholic Bioethics in a Pluralistic Society

Conclusion

Appendix: Church Documents on Bioethics

Selected Bibliography

Index

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