Medical Ethics Resources
Key Issues Addressed Below
- Biomedical Research
- Catholics and Prolife
- End of Life Issues
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research
- Contraception/Sterilization
- Health Care
- Human Cloning
- In Vitro Fertilization/Reproductive Technologies/Infertility
- Rights of Conscience
- Pro-Life, Bioethics and Moral Theology Links
- Vaccines/Use of Fetal Tissue
Biomedical Research:
- Ethics of Biomedical Research in a Christian Vision -Pontifical Academy for Life
- Address to the 18th International Congress of the Transplantation Society -Pope John Paul II
- Why the Concept of Brain Death is Valid as a Definition of Death – Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- FAQ’s on “Brain Death” – NCBC
Catholics and prolife:
End of Life Issues:
- Declaration on Euthanasia – CDF
- Responses Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration – CDF
- Declaration on Euthanasia – CDF
- Responses Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration – CDF
- Directives Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration – Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
- A Catholic Guide to End of Life Decisions – NCCB
- Resources Concerning End of Life/Euthanasia – USCCB
- Diocese of Phoenix Advance Medical Directives – Diocese of Phoenix
- To the participants to the international congress “life-sustaining and vegetative state” – Pope John Paul II
- Samaritanus Bonus: (On the care of persons in the critical and terminal phases of life) – CDF
Beginning of Life:
- Dignitas Personae (Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation) – CDF
- Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) – Pope John Paul II
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Contraception/Sterilization
- Humanae Vitae (Concerning Artificial Birth Control) -Pope Paul VI
- Responses Concerning Uterine Isolation -CDF
- Resources Concerning Contraception -USCCB
- Casti Connubii -Pope Pius X
Health Care
- US Bishops Health Care Reform Webpage -US Bishops
- USCCB Resources -USCCB
- Catholic Medical Association Resources -CMA
- Quality of Life and Ethics of Health -Pontifical Academy for Life
- Searching for a Catholic health care reform -Fr. John Ehrich, STL
Human Cloning
- Resources Concerning Human Cloning -USCCB
- Reflections on Cloning -Pontifical Academy for Life
In Vitro Fertilization/Reproductive Technologies/Infertility
- Pro-LIfe Resources -USCCB
- Fertility/NaPro Technology -Pope Paul VI Institute
- The Dignity of Human Procreation and Reproductive Technologies: Anthropological and Ethical Aspects -Pontifical Academy for Life
Rights of Conscience
- Rights of Conscience -USCCB
Pro-Life, Bioethics and Moral Theology Links
- USCCB Pro-Life Page
- Pontifical Academy for Life
- Bioethics Defense Fund
- Catholic Medical Association
- National Catholic Bioethics Center
- Phoenix Natural Family Planning
- National Right To Life
- Arizona Right to Life
- The Alliance Defense Fund
- Catholic Physicians Guild of Phx
- Priests for Life
- One More Soul
- Pope Paul VI Institute