Theological basis
Religion and health care
The dignity of human life
The integrity of the human person
Implications for health care
Theological principles in health care ethics
Method
The levels and questions of ethics
Freedom and the moral agent
Right and wrong
Metaethics
Method in Catholic bioethics
Catholic method and birth control
The principle of double effect
Application
Forgoing treatment, pillar one: ordinary and extraordinary means
Forgoing treatment, pillar two: killing and allowing to die
Forgoing treatment, pillar three: decisions by competent patients
Forgoing treatment, pillar three: decisions for incompetent patients
Forgoing treatment, pillar three: advance directives
Hydration and nutrition
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia
Medical futility
Pain and pain management
Ethics committees
Embryonic stem cells and the beginning of human personhood
Genetic engineering
Allocating health care resources
The use and misuse of the allocation argument.