The Fetus as Medical Patient : Moral Dilemmas in Prenatal Diagnosis from a Catholic Perspective
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0819197807
ISBN-13
9780819197801
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 10th, 1995
Print length
334 Pages
Weight
599 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.40 x 2.30 cms
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An examination of the morality surrounding the issue of diagnosis and treatment of illness in utero. In this text, the author also critically analyses writings over the past 20 years by ten North American theologians on moral dilemmas in prenatal diagnosis.
With an increased capacity to analyze fetal cells in the laboratory and the present possibility of monitoring human embryonic development using advanced diagnostic technique, prenatal diagnosis (PND) has become widely diffused in medical practice. The Fetus as Medical Patient emphasizes, however, that PND results are not unambiguous: they may either lead to a continuation of the pregnancy, or to an abortion. Cioffi engages the reader in a comprehensive examination of the state of the question regarding diagnosis and possible treatment of human illness in utero. The book deals with biomedical consideration in prenatal human life, presents a survey of the literature of ten North American Catholic theologians who have written on the topic of moral dilemmas in PND over the past twenty years, and critically analyzes the writings of these ten authors.
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