Bioethices Matters: A Guide for Concerned Catholics - Softcover

Moira McQueen; Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute

9782895078975: Bioethices Matters: A Guide for Concerned Catholics

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2895078971 ISBN 13: 9782895078975

Publisher: Novalis, 2008

Bioethics Matters is an essential, easy-to-understand resource for Catholics as they work their way through the ethical complications of life's choices. In this succinct yet comprehensive guide, Dr. Moira McQueen sets out the Catholic approach to various medical and end-of-life issues.

By presenting real life situations, this guide provides the reader with Catholic ethical decision-making in action. This is a practical must-read book for Catholics who want to know how Catholic ethical teaching can help them work their way through tough decisions and choices.

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About the Author:

Moira McQueen, the Director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, is a professor of moral theology at the Toronto School of Theology. She has written and co-authored several articles on bioethics and fundamental ethics, and is interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of theology, law and medicine as they apply in daily life.

Review:

"An important and timely book aimed specifically at Catholics, this succint guide clearly sets out the Church's teachings on some of today's most contentious and troubling issues ... this is an invaluable guide."

Catholic Herald, April 2009
"Bioethics Matters is...a useful introduction and may encourage some people to dig a little deeper."The Irish Catholic, June 2009

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Church Times, March 2010
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Church Times, March 2010

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