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Experimenting On Human Subjects, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

The problems surrounding "free and informed consent" are discussed in this article by Dr. May, who is Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion and Religious Education at the Catholic University of America.

[Book Review Of] Proceedings Of A Research Conference On Natural Family Planning Edited By William Uricchio, Ph.D. And Mary Kay Williams, Hanna Klaus

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Pastoral Care Of The Sick, Edited By The National Association Of Catholic Chaplains, John R. Connery

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] The Pastor And The Patient: An Informal Guide To New Directions In Medical Ethics, By William Jacobs, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Law And Ethics Of A.I.D. And Embryo Transfer, Ciba Foundation Symposium J7, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Testimony Before The Subcommittee Of The Senate Judiciary Committee, Paul Ramsey

The Linacre Quarterly

This testimony was originally published in the May 81, 1974 issue of Commonweal under the title " Protecting the Unborn." Reprinted with permission from Commonweal, 232 Madison Avenue, New York , N. Y. 10016.

Dr. Ramsey is Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. A scholar and teacher in the fields of religious ethics and social philosophy, he is also concerned with the serious moral issues emerging in the area of medical ethics.

[Book Review Of] Ethical Issues In Human Genetics, By Bruce Hilton Et Al., Editors, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Editorial -- Right To Life Vs. Upjohn, Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Some Problems Of Confidentiality And How They May Be Avoided, Walter J. Smith

The Linacre Quarterly

Father Smith is the director of the Chapliancy [sic] Research Program at the VA hospital in Washington, D. C. His article dissects the nature of the word "secret" and outlines the obligations attached to the different kinds of secrets.

[Book Review Of] Genetic Fix, By Amitai Etzioni, Robert Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Death By Choice, By Daniel Maguire: Further Comments, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

In the May issue of Linacre Quarterly, William May and Daniel Maguire debated some of the ethical implications arising from Maguire's book "Death by Choice." This paper answers Maguire's rejoinder and offers another look at the ramifications of "intentions."

The Dentist And The Missions, Hugh V. Day, Thomas M. Check, Mary Damian Reinbolt, Marie Therese

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of The Department Of Pastoral Car: A Guidebook, Ray W. Wawiorka

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Humanae Vitae And After, George H. Duggan

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Loving And Curing The Neurotic, By Dr. Anna Terruwe And Dr. Conrad Baars, Raphael Simon, Alwyn Kenneth Simon

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Comprehensive Health Insurance: The Reality, Daniel O'Keeffe

The Linacre Quarterly

In his article, Dr. O'Keeffe outlines the major proposals (both generic and specIfic) in the area of national health insurance. He then describes in depth the proposed Warren County Plan and the Foundation Concept in relation to three fundamental concepts: availability, utilization and financing of medical care.

Ethical And Religious Directives For Catholic Health Facilities, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

At the annual meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States Catholic Conference, November 1971, the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities were approved as the national code, subject to the approval of the bishop for use in the diocese.

Quicksands Of Compromise, John J. Brennan

The Linacre Quarterly

In his address to the November, 1971 Meeting of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds in New Orleans Dr. Brennan defended the acceptance of the revised code of medical ethics. His address is reprinted here.

Not What Catholic Hospitals Ordered, Richard A. Mccormick

The Linacre Quarterly

Father McCormick sees the revised hospital code as "not what the doctor ordered" and in this article lays his case primarily against the code's Preamble.

Policy Vs. Ethics, Warren T. Reich

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow: A Century Of Dedication, Con J. Fecher

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Fecher presents findings, covering 70 years, of health studies of members of United States religious communities with a view to providing suggestions for possible solutions to the problem of providing adequate continuing health care for American women religious.

The Tragic Results Of Abortion In England, Norman St. John-Stevas

The Linacre Quarterly

Norman St. John-Stevas has been a member of Parliament since 1964. He was educated at Radcliffe College. Cambridge, Oxford and Yale Universities. He is the author of a number of books. Among them are: Life, Death and the Law: Obscenity and the Law; The Right to Life; The Agonizing Choice. Mr. St. John-Stevas is a widely traveled lecturer both here and in Europe. He led the unsuccessful fight against liberalizing England's abortion law.

From his viewpoint as a Member of Parliament, Mr. St. John-Stevas analyzes the effects of England's abortion law and draws on his experience …

The Role Of The Church In The Causation, Treatment And Prevention Of The Crisis In The Priesthood, Conrad W. Baars

The Linacre Quarterly

Concluding with ten practical recommendations, Dr. Baars' article offers to those interested in, and with responsibility for, formation of priests both a basis for a future program and extensive background into the nature of the "crisis in the priesthood."

Community Clinical Pastoral Training -- A Success For Ecumenism In Shreveport, Joe E. Holoubek, Charles L. Black

The Linacre Quarterly

A review of the seven years' activity of the Shreveport Medical Society's committee of Medicine & Religion which lead to the formation of the Clinical Pastoral Training Program, is presented by the co-chairmen of the committee.

Guest Editorial ... Ethical Issues In Community And Research Medicine, Arthur J. Dyck

The Linacre Quarterly

The following guest editorial by Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics, Arthur J. Dyck, is reprinted from the New England Journal of Medicine. In it reference is made to an article, "Ethics of a Cottage Industry in an Age of Community and Research Medicine, " by Paul Ramsey, professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton. Professor Ramsey's article appeared in the same issue, April 1, 1971, of the New England Journal of Medicine, pages 700-706.

Reprinted with permission from the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Effects Of Legalized Abortion In England, J. Vincent O'Sullivan

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. O'Sullivan traces the process leading to the passage of the 1968 British Abortion Act and the consequences of that act with a view to helping the American medical profession learn from the British experience.

This article discusses the effect that legalized abortion has had upon the people, and particularly the physicians, in England. Although New York State, among others, has now legalized abortion, it has not had sufficient experience with it to adequately assess its effects. But the English have had sufficient experience with it, and its effects there indicate that attempts to legalize abortion demand close watching.

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A Religious Pacifist Looks At Abortion, Gordon C. Zahn

The Linacre Quarterly

From the standpoint of the religious pacifist, Professor Zahn sees "elementary human rights" beginning at the "moment of conception marking the beginning of the individual's life process, " and argues against abortion from this point.

Life Control And Death Control, Definitions And The Dignity Of Man, Charles Carroll

The Linacre Quarterly

Rev. Carroll investigates the lack of acceptable, precise definitions of life, death, man in the discussions of life control and death control. The Christian must insist, he concludes, that such definitions and resultant standards of conduct safeguard the dignity and destiny of man.

The Psychiatrist -- Friend Or Foe Of The Pregnant Woman?, Conrad W. Baars

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Baar considers the psychological principle "that unselfish love and affirmation beget the same" in relation to counseling the patient distressed about her pregnancy.

The American Catholic: Contraception And Abortion, James A. Fitzgerald

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. FitzGerald looks at the position in which social and environmental pressures, widespread contraception and the new therapeutic range of the prostaglandins have placed the American Catholic.