This course deals specifically with the Catholic view on bioethical issues. We deal with the following themes in this course: Theology and Moral Principles in Catholic Bioethics; Procreation and the Beginning of Life – Sterilisation and Contraception; Artificial Reproductive Technologies; Cloning; Abortion; Respect for Bodily Integrity in Health Care – Organ Donation and Transplantation; Care of Older Persons and Others; Ethical Issues at the End of Life- Palliative Care. Euthanasia. Suicide; Medical Research -Stem cell research. Human Genome Project.
- W. E. May. Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life (Indiana: 2000).
- K. O’Rourke and P. Boyle. Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teaching (Washington. D. C: 1999).
- B. Ashley. J. Alencheny & S. Kanniyakonil (eds.). Bioethical Issues and the Family (Thuruthy: Cana Publishers. 2005).
- Scaria. Kanniyakonil. The Fundamentals of Bioethics: Legal Perspectives and Ethical Approaches (Kottayam: OIRSI. 2007).