Infertility

A Crossroad of Faith, Medicine, and Technology
1997
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4061-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 559 g

Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine

brings together a diverse group of clinicians, theologians, and philosophers to examine the use of reproductive technologies in the light of the Roman Catholic moral tradition and recent teaching. The book provides relevant background information (e.g. from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) as it explores the psychological, social, legal, and moral contexts of reproductive medicine.
This book is Volume 3 of in the series .

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wildes, Kevin Wm.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Technology, Reproduction, and Faith.- Section One: Scientific and Psychological Questions.- Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies.- Issues in the Psychological Evaluation and Care of In Vitro Fertilization Couples.- Therapy of Working With the Childless Woman: The Pathos of Unrealized Dreams, The Psychology of Female Infertility.- Section Two: Theological Reflections.- Moral Horizons in Health Care: Reproductive Technologies and Catholic Identity.- Donum Vitae: Catholic Teaching Concerning Homologous In Vitro Fertilization.- Human Need and Natural Law.- Interventions Upon Gametes In Assisting the Conjugal Act Toward Fertilization.- Donum Vitae: Dissenting Opinions on the “Simple Case” of In Vitro Fertilization.- Section Three: Moral and Social Reflections.- Infertile Couples: Psychological Needs, Social Responsibilities.- What Price Fertility?.- In Vitro Fertilization: Secular Moral Authority, Biomedicine, and the Role of the State.- Section Four: Continuing Conversation.- Epilogue.- Appendix: Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith/Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day.- Notes on Contributors.