Peter A. Clark

Broschiertes Buch

To Treat or Not to Treat

The Ethical Methodology of Richard A. McCormick, S.J., as Applied to Treatment Decisions for Handicapped Newborns

Beschreibung

Medical and ethical decisions concerning treatment for handicapped newborns have always been difficult. Despite technological advances, parents and health-care professionals still search for criteria that will address treatment categories from an ethical standpoint. Richard a. McCormick, a leading Roman Catholic moral theologian, has proposed a patient-centered, quality-of-life approach to treatment decisions that appears to meet the needs of decision-makers. Peter A. Clark applies McCormick's ethical approach to five categories of handicapped newborns as a practical demonstration of the treatment decision process.

Autor

Peter A. Clark, S.J., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Theology and Health Administration and holder of the John McShain Chair in Ethics at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also an Affiliated Scholar-Associate at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center and Bioethicist for the Mercy Health System in Philadelphia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9781881871446
• ISBN-10: 1881871444
• Artikelnr.: 22271721