Which Medical Ethics for the 21st Century?DIANNE N. IRVING
Everyday 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.
AIDS and Medical Ethics: a Great BetrayalMATTHEW HANLEY
The September 5th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports on the prospect of "pre-exposure prophylaxis" as a means of preventing HIV transmission.
The ethics of egg freezingMARGARET SOMERVILLE
All uses of assisted human reproduction technologies should be primarily child-centred, not adult-centred, as is the case today.
Introduction and Principles of EthicsFATHER ROBERT SPITZER, S.J.
The following ten universal principles form the foundation of civility, justice, and objectivity in cultures throughout the world. Their presence assures the possibility of humane civilization and their absence (even their partial absence) opens the path for corruption, deceit, injustice, and cultural decline. Following is the introduction and the first 19 pages from chapter two of Father Spitzer's new book, Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues.
Medical correctnessANTHONY DANIELS
For the politically correct, nothing is too large or too small to escape their puritanical attention.
Stem Cell Ethics and the Things We Refuse to DoFATHER TADEUSZ PACHOLCZYK
In arguing for ethical science, those of us working to safeguard human life would do well to examine our premises carefully, so as to avoid weak or questionable assumptions that could undermine the thrust of our arguments.
John Paul II On the Right to Medical Practice According to ConsciencePOPE JOHN PAUL II
I warmly welcome your visit on the occasion of the International Congress of Catholic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at which you are reflecting upon your future in the light of the fundamental right to medical training and practice according to conscience.
Canada's medical totalitariansSEAN MURPHY
An Ontario College of Physicians official, Dr Marc Gabel, says that physicians unwilling to provide or facilitate abortion for reasons of conscience should not be family physicians.
The Ethics of "Choice" Thirty Years On: The Microcosm of "Regime Change"IAIN T. BENSON
Summer winding down, I suppose it was unfortunate that we have had to kill our animals. Two cats, a dog (actually a puppy), a miniature donkey "Roncevalles" and our beloved pet chimp "Washoe", before we moved homes.
Medical Downside of Homosexual BehaviorRICK FITZGIBBONS, M.D.
Amid the push for same-sex unions in Canada and the recent overturning of Texas' sodomy law, an aspect of the underlying issue is sometimes overlooked: the medical consequences of homosexual behavior.
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