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Home: Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Still In The World - Joe Carter"What if you die overseas and I’m not there," my mom said when I told her I had joined the Marines. Read more... Technological Morality - Wesley J. SmithThe top ten bioethics stories of the decade. Read more... The "Hijacking" of Moral Conscience from Pharmacy Practice - Cristina AlarconThe introduction of discriminatory legislation into North American pharmacy practice that began in the mid-1990s is a sign of the times. I believe it to be a deviation in the moral compass of the pharmacy profession and of the medical professions as a whole. Read more... The "Morning After" Pill - Dr. John J. B. Shea, M.D.On June 20, 2003, the New York State Legislature passed “Emergency Contraception for Rape Victims” legislation. This mandated hospitals to provide survivors of rape with the so-called ‘morning after pill’ and to counsel patients that these pills are contraceptives and do not cause abortion. Similar bills have been introduced in Massachusetts and Illinois. Read more... The ABCs of AIDS - a response to "AIDS and the Churches: Getting the Story Right" - Katherine Marshall & Edward C. GreenThe First Things article "AIDS and the Churches" underscores a sad reality in the HIV/AIDS community: that communication and dialogue are ferociously difficult no matter what the intent. Read more... The Authentic Transformation of “Useless” Human Suffering - Father Tadeusz PacholczykHuman beings naturally recoil at the prospect of pain and suffering. Read more... The Baby Market - Kevin E. SchmiesingAmerica’s fertility clinics are now allowing parents to screen embryos according to sex, and more are opting for this practice. Kevin Schmiesing observes that the idea of children as “gift” is under increasing stress as alternative and sometimes conflicting notions of child as right, as burden, or as consumer item compete for dominance. Read more... The Basics About Stem Cells - Maureen L. CondicRegrettably, much of the debate on stem cell research has taken place on emotional grounds, pitting the hope of curing heartrending medical conditions against the deeply held moral convictions of many Americans. Such arguments frequently ignore or mischaracterize the scientific facts. Read more... The Betrayal of Hippocrates - Wesley J. Smith“Unbeknownst to most Americans, a small but influential group of philosophers and health care policy makers are working energetically to transform our nation’s medical practice and health care laws.” So goes the introduction of Wesley Smith’s book, “The Culture of Death — The assault on medical ethics in America.” WorldNetDaily staff writer and talk show host Geoff Metcalf recently interviewed Smith about his book and the growing bioethics movement. Read more... The Bioethics Mess - Dianne N. Irving“Bioethics” — the word sounds like old-fashioned medical ethics applied to new medical technology. It’s the application of traditional philosophical or theological principles to the moral dilemmas created by, say, cloning or experimenting with new AIDS drugs, right? Not really. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 08-Mar-2011 - 18:33:33
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