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Home: Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGEArticles:What We Know About Embryonic Stem Cells - Maureen L. CondicBack at the beginning of 2002, there was considerable optimism regarding the promise that embryonic stem cells were said to hold for millions of people suffering from fatal or debilitating medical conditions. Stem cells derived from human embryos, it was claimed, provided the best hope for relief of human suffering. Read more... What's Lost in Prenatal Testing - Patricia E. BauerShe was a fresh-faced young woman with a couple of adorable kids, whiling away an hour in the sandbox at the park near my home. So was I, or so I thought. Read more... When Ideology Corrupts Science and Medicine - Rev. Tadeusz PacholczykSome physicians and researchers fail to see the important role of ethics and religion in the world of medical science. Read more... When Pregnancy Goes Awry: Ectopic Pregnancies - Father Tadeusz PacholczykHuman pregnancy begins whenever a sperm unites with an egg inside the fallopian tube. Read more... When the Kids Grow Up and Find Out About the Test Tubes - Father Tad Pacholczyk, Ph. D.When I do presentations on in vitro fertilization, audience members sometimes ask whether test tube babies experience psychological problems as they grow up. Read more... When We Were Philosopher Kings - Ruth ShalitAs a practitioner of a new medical specialty known as “clinical ethics,” Jonathan Moreno joins the burgeoning cadre of academics who are making the leap from the blackboard to the bedside. Read more... Which Medical Ethics for the 21st Century? - DIANNE N. IRVINGEveryday we read and hear about the constant onslaught of controversial medical issues, e.g., euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, test-tube babies, cloning and stem cell research, creating monsters in the lab, etc. — it is all coming down very fast and we will all have to make decisions about these and many other issues not even imagined yet in the 21st Century. Read more... Who's Your Daddy? - W. Bradford WilcoxThere's more to fatherhood than donating DNA. Read more... Why Peter Singer makes the New Atheists nervous - Dinesh D'SouzaI write this fresh from debating bioethicist Peter Singer on "Can we be moral without God?" at Singer's home campus, Princeton University. Read more... Why you say 'yuck' - Margaret SomervileAn Ottawa music station, Hot 89.9, recently launched a "Win a Baby" contest. Read more... Working Through A Hard Death - Father Tadeusz PacholczykCaregivers and health care professionals can and often do greatly assist those who are suffering and dying. Even with careful pain management and comfort measures, however, the dying process can still be agonizing and difficult. Read more... ‘Retarded’ no more - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIn October, Barack Obama signed a new law that prohibits the U.S. government from referring to the “mentally retarded” in any of its laws and regulations. Read more... “Imposing Our Beliefs” on Others - Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.After I gave my testimony, one of the senators asked a pointed question. "Father Tad, by arguing against embryonic stem cell research, don't you see how you are trying to impose your beliefs on others, and shouldn't we as elected lawmakers avoid imposing a narrow religious view on the rest of society?" Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Tue Feb 07 2012 - 18:46:44
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