WORCESTER MEDICAL ETHICS

A Roman Catholic Perspective

 Monsignor Peter R. Beaulieu, M.A., S.T.L.

A project to assist medical professionals, patients and families in understanding Roman Catholic teaching on the quality of life and other moral issues. This is a work in progress.  Please check periodically for updates.

About Monsignor Peter R. Beaulieu, M.A., S.T.L.

 

Introduction

 

Hippocratic Oath

 

A Brave New World

 

Roman Catholic Morality

 

Prudential Personalism

 

Moral Theology -- Theological Ethics -- Ethics

 

Method in Moral Theology

 

Why? A Distinctive Ethics of Medicine for Roman Catholics

 

A Catholic Vision of Quality of Life

 

Improve Human Life by Always Preserving Human Dignity

 

Medical Decisions from A to Z

 

Nature of Illness and Disease

 

Living the Good Life -- Living it Right

Beginnings of Life

Embryonic Stem Cells

Stem Cell Research

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

Christian Meaning of Death

Sacrament of the Sick

Viaticum