Medical profession

A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope Francis

Since its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERD) has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the Church's understanding of human dignity.

Neural grafting, virtual reality, gene therapy, psychotropic drugs As startling new treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, new concerns are arising along with them.

Bioethics and the Human Goods offers students and general readers a brief introduction to bioethics from a "e;natural law"e; philosophical perspective.

New technologies and medical treatments have complicated questions such as how to determine the moment when someone has died.

David M.