September 2, 2015
(BBC) – Pope Francis is making it easier for women and doctors to seek forgiveness for abortion, by allowing all priests to forgive it. In Catholicism, abortion is viewed as such a grave sin that it can punished with excommunication. … Read More
September 1, 2015
(Time) – Religion and spirituality are not common topics of discussion in intensive care units (ICUs), and doctors often go out of their way to avoid them—even though religion is often very important to patients and their medical surrogates during … Read More
August 19, 2015
Christian Bioethics (vol. 21, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Bioethics and the family: Family building in the Twenty-First Century” by Ana S. Iltis and Mark J. Cherry “Religious beliefs and reproductive counseling practices in … Read More
August 19, 2015
Journal of Moral Theology (vol. 4, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Roman Catholic teaching on international debt: Toward a new methodology for Catholic social ethics and moral theology” by M. Therese Lysaught “Grace is … Read More
August 17, 2015
(The New Yorker) – Widespread blood transfusion, by contrast, is less than a century old. Yet it, too, was popularly adopted without rigorous testing of when, exactly, it benefitted patients. Just as early practitioners accepted the virtues of draining blood … Read More
August 17, 2015
(The New Yorker) – After the war, donated blood became an integral part of Western medicine. Advances in care, including open-heart surgery, artificial kidney replacements, and trauma work “consumed huge amounts of blood,” Starr writes. Doctors also transfused patients to … Read More
August 17, 2015
(The New Yorker) – Though Witnesses accept virtually all other medical interventions, the stricture against transfusion can affect their care. Patients may need donor blood when they lose their own blood rapidly, as a result of a car crash or … Read More
August 13, 2015
(New York Times) – Religion was never discussed in my medical training. In medical school, a priest maintained a small lounge, providing coffee and tea, where students could sometimes drop in to get coffee, but that was wholly optional, and … Read More
July 23, 2015
(Sci Dev Net) – Christian, Islamic and other faith-based organisations provide extensive healthcare in the world’s poorest places, but are invisible to global health researchers, according to a series of papers published this month in medical journal The Lancet. The … Read More
June 12, 2015
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 82, no. 2, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pain medicine and palliative care as an alternative to euthanasia in end-of-life cancer care” by Michael Erdek “Contraception and abortion: Fruits of the same … Read More
May 12, 2015
Christian Bioethics (vol. 21, no. 1, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A new theological framework for Roman Catholic Bioethics: Pope Francis makes a significant change in the moral framework for bioethics” by H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr … Read More
March 24, 2015
(New Zealand Herald) – Turkey’s top religious affairs council has spoken out against surrogate motherhood, saying the practice should be banned as it is contains elements of adultery. Hurriyet Daily News reports that the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) said … Read More
March 23, 2015
(The Atlantic) – But what about religiously affiliated women? Where were their voices in all of this? And what did they think about the mandate? This was the question that intrigued Elizabeth Patton, an OB/GYN and health-services researcher at the … Read More
February 6, 2015
(Washington Post) – The Internet rumors that claim vaccinations mean having tiny pieces of aborted fetuses injected into your body are flat-out wrong, yet there is a grain of truth in the assertion that vaccinations and abortions are linked. Many … Read More
February 5, 2015
(CNN) – Two state senators in California are proposing legislation that would eliminate the “personal beliefs” exemption for parents who don’t want their children to be vaccinated. Dr. Richard Pan and Ben Allen’s announcement came on the day the state … Read More
January 29, 2015
(The Telegraph) – Introducing laws to allow three parent babies would be ‘irresponsible’ the Church of England has said ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Commons next week. Next Tuesday, MPs will vote to amend the Human … Read More
January 28, 2015
(Medscape) – Medscape’s 2014 Physician Ethics Report revealed that among the more than 21,000 respondents, 54% of physicians said that physician-assisted suicide (PAS) should be allowed, compared with only 46% who said that in 2010. Clearly, the concept is gaining … Read More
December 22, 2014
(ABC News) – A federal jury ruled Friday that a northern Indiana Roman Catholic diocese discriminated against a former teacher in one of its schools by firing her after church officials learned she was trying to get pregnant through in … Read More
December 2, 2014
(PR Newswire) – On 2 December 2014 the Global Freedom Network (GFN) will bring together faith leaders forming a historic initiative to eradicate modern slavery by 2020 throughout our world and for all time. They will sign the Joint Declaration … Read More
November 20, 2014
The Christian Journal of Global Health (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014) is now available online via open access. Articles include: “Christian Impact on Global Health” H. Elliot Larson “Framing the Role of Christians in Global Health” Mark A. Strand & Andrew M. … Read More
November 17, 2014
(ABC News) – Pope Francis denounced the right to die movement Saturday, saying it’s a “false sense of compassion” to consider euthanasia as an act of dignity when in fact it’s a sin against God and creation.
October 14, 2014
(Associated Press) – Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it is making inroads in fighting the deadly disease. The Eugene Bell … Read More
October 9, 2014
Public Understanding of Science (Vol. 23, No. 7, October 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Faith in Science in Globalization: Implications for Transhumanism” by John H. Evans “Religious Beliefs, Knowledge about Science and Attitudes toward Medical Genetics” by … Read More
October 1, 2014
(Sun Sentinel) – What determines if a child is Jewish? The egg — or the womb? Three South Florida Jewish mothers who finally have the children they desperately wanted, but could not have for medical reasons, are now fighting to … Read More
September 4, 2014
The Problem of Persons: Public Bioethics and Contending Moral Anthropologies A Converation with O. Carter Snead, JD Monday, September 15, 2014 7PM Keane Auditorium, McGivney Hall The Catholic University of America Washington, DC The event is hosted by the The … Read More
