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Book SynopsisRoman Catholic moral theology is the point of departure for this multifaceted exploration of the challenge of allocating scarce medical resources. This title begins its exploration of discerning moral limits to modern high-technology medicine with a consensus statement born of the conversations among the contributors.
Trade ReviewEvery chapter will be a 'must-read'-not only for those interested in what Catholic moral thought has to say about the allocation of health care resources, but also for those concerned about what makes Catholic health care 'Roman Catholic' and those who seek greater insight into and appreciation for the contribution of Catholic moral thought to public policy. Health Progress Offers a vigorous dialogue regarding the interplay of numerous moral rationalities, not simply a reworking of questions regarding the interplay of faith and reason. This is a collection of essays that fruitfully encompasses a plurality of views often in foundational and impassioned disagreement but nevertheless in dialogue. Readers of whatever religion or of none, whether academic, health care professional or student, should find this a useful volume. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Table of ContentsPrefaceH. Tristam Engelhardt Jr. Part I / Moral Responsibility and High Technology: An Introduction Infinite Expectations and Finite Resources: A Roman Catholic Perspective on Setting Limits to Critical Care, or Can Roman Catholic Moral Theology Say More than Secular Morality Provides?H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. Facing the Challenges of High Technology Medicine: Taking the Tradition SeriouslyMark J. Cherry Part II / Moral Consensus Statement Consensus StatementWorking Group on Roman Catholic Approaches to Determining Appropriate Critical Care Part III / The Challenges of Critical Care: High Technology, Rising Costs, and Guarged Promises Respect for Human Life in the World of Intensive Care Units: Secular Reform Jewish Reflections on the Roman Catholic ViewMichael RieWhat is Appropriate Intensive Care? A Roman Catholic PerspectivePaulina Taboada Part IV / Moral Theological PerspectivesLimiting Access to Health Care: A Traditional Roman Catholic AnalysisJoseph Boyle Towards a Personalistic Ethics of Limiting Access to Medical Treatment: Philosophical and Catholic PositionsJoseph Seifert Equal Care as the Best of Care: A Personalist ApproachPaul T. Schotmans Quality of Life and Human Dignity: Meaning and Limits of Prolongation of LifeLudger Honnefelder Part V / Moral and Public Policy Challenges Beyond the Questions of Limits: Institutional Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Critical CareGeorge Khushf Developing the Doctrine of Distributive Justice: Methods of Distribution, Redistribution, and the Role of Time in Allocating Intensive Care ResourcesM. Cathleen Kaveny Creating Critical Care Resources: Implications for Distributive JusticeKevin Wm. Wildes, SJ Part VI / From a Different Point of View: Jewish, Orthodox, and Protestant Perspectives Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources to Critical Care: A Perspective from the Jewish Canonical TraditionTeodoro Forcht Dagi The Current Medical Crises of Resources: Some Orthodox Christian ReflectionsVery Reverend Edward Hughes The Allocation of Medical Services: The Problem From a Protestant PerspectiveDietrich Rossler Part VII / Critical Commentary Between Secular Reason and the Spirit of Christianity: Catholic Approaches to Limiting Access to Scarce Medical ResourcesCorinna Delkeskamp-Hayes Catholicizing HealthJames W. Heisig Roman Catholic Theology and the Allocation of Resources to Critical Care: The Boundaries of Faith and ReasonMary Ann Gardell Cutter
