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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.

Activism And Community Medicine, Edward F. X. Hughes

The Linacre Quarterly

Dr. Hughes traces the growth of student activism and its implications for medicine, especially in relation to the development of the specialty of community medicine.

[Book Review Of] Parent, Child And Sex, By Mary M. Welsh, Robert C. Baumiller

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of The Patient As Person: Explorations In Medical Ethics, By Paul Ramsey, Robert C. Baumiller

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Linacre Quarterly 1971, Sex And The Single Girl: Ages 13 To 16, D. A. Starr

The Linacre Quarterly

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The Pastoral Implications Of Church Teaching On Homosexuality, John F. Harvey

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Fabricated Man: The Ethics Of Genetic Control By Paul Ramsey, Robert C. Baumiller

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Prospects For Genetic Bioengineering: Fact And Fantasy, Thomas G. Wegmann

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Japan's 22 Year Experience With A Liberal Abortion Law, Yokochi Hayasaka, Hideo Toda, Anthony Zimmerman, Tasuke Ueno, Mineko Ishizaki

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

A Review Of The March, 1970, Theological Studies; Abortion Issue, Vitale H. Paganelli

The Linacre Quarterly

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Message From The Spiritual Advisor, Charles J. Scherer

The Linacre Quarterly

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Book Review Of Psychiatry, The Clergy, And Pastoral Counseling, Editors, Dana L. Farnsworth, M.C. And Francis J. Braceland, M.D., Wilbur F. Wheeler

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Message From The Spiritual Advisor, Charles J. Scherer

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

John P. Mullooly, M.D.: New Editor Of Linacre Quarterly, John P. Mullooly

The Linacre Quarterly

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Message From The Spiritual Advisor: Reflections On Conscience, Kenneth Mackinnon

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Delightful Dining By Sister Beatrice Kiesel, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Cancer In Pregnancy By Larry Mcgowan, James A. Whelton

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Editorial Board - The Linacre Quarterly, Catholic Physicians' Guilds

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.