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Medical Ethics

Medical Ethics. Moral decision making related to medical research and practice. Medical Ethics. Medical ethics proposes what is technically possible is not automatically moral/ethical or beneficial…just because one can doesn’t mean one should.

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Medical Ethics

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  1. Medical Ethics Moral decision making related to medical research and practice

  2. Medical Ethics • Medical ethics proposes what is technically possible is not automatically moral/ethical or beneficial…just because one can doesn’t mean one should. • Science and religion need not conflict…cooperate with laws built into creation • See handout

  3. Medical ethics at the beginning of life -- Abortion and related issues • Reproductive technology (assisted reproductive technology…A.R.T.) • Genetic engineering • Stem cell research

  4. Assisted Reproductive Technology • AIH & AID • Surrogate Motherhood • Sperm bank • IVF • GIFT , ZIFT, ICSI • TOT and LOTOT • Naprotechnology

  5. Naprotechnology • A new reproductive and gynecologic science using the CREIGHTON Model Fertility care system. It is a system that relies upon the observation of biological markers that are essential to human fertility and a woman’s health. These biological markers tell the couple when they are fertile and when they are not.

  6. Naprotechnology • At the same time they telegraph abnormalities. This is a science which devotes its medical, surgical and allied health energies to cooperating with the natural procreative systems. When they are functioning properly this cooperates with them. When functioning abnormally, a corrective form of treatment is prescribed while maintaining the human ecology and sustain procreative potential.

  7. Naprotechnology • See www.creightonmodel.com • www.naprotechnology.com\ • www.aafcp.org • http://www.staycatholic.com/what_is_wrong_with_in-vitro_fertilization.htm

  8. Genetics • The study of inherited characteristics inherited from one generation to another • Genetic engineering—changing inherited characteristics by changing genetic makeup of plant, animal, person, cell • Therapeutic—directed toward healing • Non-therapeutic—aimed at “perfecting” the human condition

  9. Genetics • Cloning—creating a plant, animal , person, asexually that is genetically identical with a donor plant, animal, person See handouts See document: Gospel of Life #63

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