"Characterized by breadth of coverage, a refreshingly balanced approach to controversial issues, & a highly readable style."-Theological Studies.

First ed. published in 1946 under title: Medical ethics for nurses.

The author examines traditional Catholic teaching on abortion, genetic manipulation, euthanasia, and war, and shows how it has evolved through the centuries, with special emphasis on papal pronouncements, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the frequent conflicts in Theological opinion. But, more than this, he suggests approaches for dealing with these questions today, when the sensitive counselor finds himself in a situation where he must try as best he can to protect innocent human life and at the same time (...) not demand of the individual more than he can understand or bear.--. (shrink)