Medical Ethics: Essays on Abortion and Euthanasia: 45 (American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion) - Hardcover

Barry, Robert L

9780820409252: Medical Ethics: Essays on Abortion and Euthanasia: 45 (American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820409251 ISBN 13: 9780820409252

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1989

In this book, controversial topics such as the morality of abortion, withdrawing treatment from handicapped newborns, the role of ethics committees, diagnosing death, withdrawing food and fluids and giving lethal injections are discussed. It proposes model legislation to prevent abuse and neglect of the medically vulnerable and dependent, and in a piercing and insightful manner, Fr. Barry critically evaluates many contemporary views on these topics, arguing forcefully for a reappraisal of many popular views on these topics.

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Review:

-The -bioethics establishment- will not like what Father Barry has to say, but everyone interested in the general subject will be much better informed after reading and thinking about what he has to say. Nobody does a better job than Father Barry of cutting through the doubletalk and doublespeak that has cluttered this area.- (Yale Kamisar, The University of Michigan Law School)
-...(Barry's) book is an analytical and insightful exploration of the intersection of medical ethics and civil rights which provides powerful ammunition in the struggle against discrimination on the basis of age and disability. Most importantly, it is refreshingly critical of the conventional wisdom in western medical ethics, which today denies its historic roots in the dignity and sanctity of the human person.- (Robert A. Destro, Commissioner United States Commission on Civil Rights)"

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