Catholic Bioethics
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  Council of the Laity


5. INFORMED CONSENT and PROXY CONSENT

5.1. World War II, Human Subjects, and the Nürnberg Code

5.2. Pius XII on Free, Informed Consent for Experiments

5.3. Difficulties in Obtaining Truly Informed Consent (Inglefinger and pastoral experience)

5.4. Leslie Blackhall on Ethnicity and Consent

5.5. Advance Directives: 5.5.1. Catechism on Consent (§ 2292-2296); 5.5.2. US Bishops ERD (§ 23-37); 5.5.3. Living Will; 5.5.4. Durable Power of Attorney; 5.5.5. POLST.

5.6. Deciding for Others - Limitations of Advance Directives (AMA Virt.Ment.)


READING:

1. May, Catholic Bioethics, ch. 6. pp. 213-228.

2. Pope Pius XII, Address to the First Congress on Neural Histopathology, Sept 14, 1952.

3. Blackhall, Leslie, “Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Patient Autonomy”, JAMA, 1995; 274: 820-825

4. AMA Virtual.Mentor, Deciding for Others



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