Vital conflicts in medical ethics (Record no. 43756)
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 241/.6976 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rhonheimer, Martin, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Vital conflicts in medical ethics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher | Catholic University of America Press, |
| Year of publication | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 162 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "The text was first published in German under the title "G�uterabw�agung, T�otungsverbot und Abtreibung in vitalen Konfliktf�allen. L�osungsversuch eines klassischen gyn�akologischen dilemmas aus tugendethischer perspektive" ... [and] included in M. Rhonheimer, Abtreibung und Lebensschutz. T�otungsverbot und Recht auf Leben in der politischen und medizinischen Ethik (Paderborn: Sch�oningh, 2003)"--P. xiii. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The problem. Two methodologies for the moral evaluation of action : the principle of double effect (PDE) and the weighing of goods -- Overview of this study and brief summary of the argument -- "Vital indication" and a recent example : the moral justification of the act of saving a life -- The structure of the argumentation : weighing goods in the case of vital indication -- Church doctrine and past discussions in moral theology. "Direct abortion" according to church doctrine : specification of the concept from the viewpoint of action theory -- The physical and intentional structure of actions : the object of the moral act -- The controversy regarding craniotomy through the end of the nineteenth century : the interpretation of Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7: a. The argument of Pietro Avanzini and the category of the "unjust aggressor" ; b. Summa theologiae II-II, q.64, a.7 : killing in self-defense according to Thomas Aquinas ; c. Critique and the development of the discussion ; d. Waffelaert's incorrect interpretation of ST II-II, q.64, a.7 ; e. The consequences of the confusion -- Life-saving medical interventions : the prohibition of killing and the virtue of justice. Retrospective summary : acts of killing and the ethical context of "justice" -- Reevaluation of contemporary therapies : vital indication and extrauterine gravidity: a. Salpingectomy or segment resection ; b. Linear salpingotomy (or salpingostomy) ; c. Drug treatment with methotrexate ; d. Expectant management -- The moral justification of life-saving measures in the case of vital conflict: a. Recapitulation and conclusive explanation of the ethical argument ; b. The exclusion of the weighing of goods ; c. Objections and response -- Epilogue: Virtue ethics, "direct" and "indirect," and prohibition of killing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Abortion |
| Topical Term | Obstetrics |
| Topical Term | Medical ethics |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murphy, William F. |
| Personal name | Rhonheimer, Martin, |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10642471 |
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