Contents -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations Used in the Text and in Citations -- Part I: Health Care Ethics and Human Needs -- 1 Bioethics in a Multicultural Age -- Overview -- 1.1 The Emergence of Secular Bioethics -- 1.2 The Foundations of the Ethics of Health Care -- 1.3 Current Methodologies in Bioethics -- 1.4 Faith and Reason in Health Care Ethics -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Ethics and Needs of the Common Person -- Overview -- 2.1 An Ethics Based on Innate Human Needs -- 2.2 Jesus Christ, Healer, as Ethical Model -- 2.3 Character and the Major Moral Virtues -- 2.4 Prudent Decision Making -- 2.5 Moral Norms Especially Relevant to Health Care -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Part II: Clinical Issues -- 3 Sexuality and Reproduction -- Overview -- 3.1 The Meaning of Human Sexuality -- 3.2 When Does Human Life Begin? -- 3.3 Ethical Issues in Reproduction -- 3.4 Pastoral Approach to Ethical Problems Arising from Sexuality -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Reconstructing and Modifying the Human Body: Ethical Perspectives -- Overview -- 4.1 Modifying the Human Body -- 4.2 Genetic Intervention -- 4.3 Genetic Screening and Counseling -- 4.4 Organ Transplantation -- 4.5 Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery -- 4.6 Experimentation and Research on Human Subjects -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 Mental Health: Ethical Perspectives -- Overview -- 5.1 What Is Mental Health? -- 5.2 Medical/Surgical Therapies -- 5.3 Psychotherapies -- 5.4 The Christian Model of Mental Health -- 5.5 Ethical Problems in Mental Therapy -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6 Suffering and Death: A Theological Perspective -- Overview -- 6.1 Mystery of Death -- 6.2 Fear of Death -- 6.3 Defining Death -- 6.4 Truth Telling to the Dying -- 6.5 Care for the Corpse or Cadaver -- 6.6 Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia -- 6.7 Allowing to Die: Withholding or Withdrawing Life Support -- 6.8 Care of Permanently Unconscious Patients.

6.9 Treatment of Pain -- 6.10 Conclusion -- Part III: Social and Pastoral Responsibilities -- 7 Social Responsibility -- Overview -- 7.1 Professions: Depersonalizing Trends -- 7.2 Characteristics of Medicine as a Profession -- 7.3 Health Care Counseling -- 7.4 Professional Communication and Confidentiality -- 7.5 The Political Situation of Health Care Today -- 7.6 Principles of Health Care Policy -- 7.7 Health Care Ethics and Public Policy -- 7.8 Responsibilities of Catholic Health Care Facilities -- 7.9 Conclusion -- 8 Pastoral Care -- Overview -- 8.1 The Goals of Pastoral Ministry -- 8.2 Pastoral Care of the Health Care Staff -- 8.3 Pastoral Care and Ethical Counseling -- 8.4 Spiritual Counseling in Health Care -- 8.5 Celebrating the Healing Process -- 8.6 Conclusion -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.