CLASS NOTES

TIMELINE of Catholic Bioethics

[Concerning Dax Cowart:]  A Chronicle, Dax's Case as it Happened.  “Sentenced to Life,” Wicker; “Dax and Job” Lonnie Kliever; “The Testimony of Biology and Physics”, Divine,

Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life);

[Summary of Evangelium Vitae]

Salvifici Doloris (On The Christian Meaning Of Human Suffering)

Addresses on (1) The Persistent Vegetative State and (2) Palliative Care (in Class Notes]

Organ Donation as a Form of Charity

Jura et Bona (Declaration on Euthanasia);

[Summary of Jura et Bona]

Donum Vitae (On Respect for Human Life in its Origin);

Persona Humana (Declaration on Sexual Ethics);

“Uterine Isolation” and Related Matters.

“Why the Concept of Brain Death is Valid as a Definition of Death”

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

Nutrition and Hydration; Moral and Pastoral Reflections

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth Edition,   [Directives only]

Update on Medically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration, Gerald Coleman, S.S.

Withdrawing/Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatment; LACMA-LABA Guidelines for Patients Without Decision-Making Capacity Who Lack Surrogates

California Probate Code on Health Care (and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care)

[Summary of Probate Code]

1) Theological History of Catholic Teaching on Prolonging Life, Gary M. Atkinson, Ph.D

2) [Natural Law] Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Inconsistent or Organic? John S. Grabowski, Michael J. Naughton

3) Suicide in Early Christian Tradtion [PDF] (Amundsen)

4) “The American Roots of Nazi Eugenics”, Edwin Black

5) [Concerning Dax Cowart:] “Dax and Job” (Lonnie Kliever); “Sentenced to Life,”(Wicker); “The Testimony of Biology and Physics”, (Divine).

6) “Health Care and Hospitals in the Mission of the Church” [PDF] , Christian History, issue 101 [http://www.christianhistorymagazine.org].

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