David Albert Jones
David Albert Jones
This article examines the account of the relationship between sin and suffering provided by J. L. A. Garcia in "Sin and Suffering in a Catholic Understanding of Medical Ethics," in this issue. Garcia draws on the (Roman) Catholic tradition ...
J L A Garcia
J L A Garcia
Drawing chiefly on recent sources, in Part One I sketch an untraditional way of articulating what I claim to be central elements of traditional Catholic morality, treating it as based in virtues, focused on the recipients ("patients") of ou...
Claire Foster
Claire Foster
This article explores some of the implications of understanding sin as failure of perception. The theological underpinning of the argument is the choice made in the Garden of Eden to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge rather than the fr...
Scott B Rae
Scott B Rae
In response to the articles by Eibach and Groenhut in this issue, I argue that there is a general connection between sickness and the entrance of sin into the world. There are times when there is a causal link between more specific sin and ...
Ruth Groenhout
Ruth Groenhout
A Reformed understanding of sickness requires that connections be drawn between the structural effects of sin and the ways that sickness is experienced in people's lives. Such an understanding can be an important resource for the bioethicis...
Ulrich Eibach
Ulrich Eibach
On the basis of experiences in pastoral hospital care, the relationship between disease, sin, and guilt in the life of patients is explored. Against the disregard of this subject in medicine, and even in most of pastoral care, it is argued ...
Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes
Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes
The burdens-benefits ratio consideration for medical administration of nutrition and hydration to persons in the persistent vegetative state [0.03%]
对植物状态患者进行医疗营养和水分供给的负担效益比考量
John C Harvey
John C Harvey
In this article, Harvey notes the initial confusion about the statement made by the pope concerning artificial nutrition and hydration on patients suffering persistent vegetative states (PVS) due to misunderstanding through the translation ...
Reflections on the papal allocution concerning care for persistent vegetative state patients [0.03%]
关于教皇就植物状态病人护理问题发表讲话的评论
Kevin O&#x;Rourke
Kevin O&#x;Rourke
This article critically examines the recent papal allocution on patients in a persistent vegetative state with regard to the appropriate conditions for considering "reformable statements." In the first part of the article, the purpose and m...
The impact of Roman Catholic moral theology on end-of-life care under the Texas Advance Directives Act [0.03%]
梵文道德神学对《德克萨斯州预先指示法》终末期关怀的影响
David M Zientek
David M Zientek
This essay reviews the Roman Catholic moral tradition surrounding treatments at the end of life together with the challenges presented to that tradition by the Texas Advance Directives Act. The impact on Catholic health care facilities and ...