Biomedical Ethics 10. (Miscellaneous Issues In Biomedical Ethics)

Dr. Felix Podimattam is one of the best-known moral theologians in India & outside. Besides his full time job as a professor, he finds time to write books at an amazing rate. He has authored 136 books. Besides his Masters degree in Political Science from Mysore, he holds a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, & subsequently a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy, Rome. His post-doctoral studies were pursued in Washington, DC, USA. At present he is professor of Moral Theology at St. Francis Theological College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE WHO SHALL LIVE WHEN NOT ALL CAN LIVE? CHAPTER TWO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALACCESS TO HEALTH CARE CHAPTERTHREE RELIGION AND MEDICINE 1. General Ideas regarding Interaction of Religion and Medicine 2. Six Major Areas of Interaction of Religion and Medicine CHAPTER FOUR MIRACLES AND HEALING 1. Miracles 1.1. The Nature of Miracle 1.2. The Possibility of Miracles 1.3. The Rarity of Miracles 1.4. The Ambiguity of Miracles 1.5. Can We Expect Miracles Today? 2. Healing CHAPTER FIVE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR CONTROL 1. The Potentialities of Behavior Control 2. The Non-consenting Patient 3. Consent under Duress CHAPTER SIX HARVESTING THE DEAD 1. Redefining Death 2. Precedents 3. Uses of the Neomort 4. Cost-Benefit Analysis CHAPTER SEVEN A STATUTORY DEFINITION OF DEATH 1. Background 2. Public Involvement or Professional Prerogative? 3. What Manner of Public Involvement? 4. What Can and Should Be Legislated? 5. Principles Governing the Formulation of a Statute 6. The Kansas Statute 7. A Statutory Proposal CHAPTER EIGHT MORALITY OF REMOVAL OF UTERUS OF MENTALLY RETARDED WOMEN CHAPTER NINE THE ETHICS OF GIVING PLACEBOS 1. Definition 2. Effectiveness of Placebos 3. The Rationale of Placebos 4. The Frequency of Placebos 5. The Ethics of Placebos CHAPTER TEN THE TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE ARTIFICIAL HEART CHAPTER ELEVEN CHOOSING NOT TO PROLONG DYING 1. The Issues at Stake 2. Patient Advocate 3. Ordinary and Extraordinary Means 4. Allowing to Live and Allowing to Die 5. What Should Our Policy Be? 6. Physician Ad Hoc Decision-Making 7. The Professional Committee 8. Personal Letters 9. Legislation to Permit Death with Dignity CHAPTER TWELVE HIDDEN ADDICTIONS 1. Nature of Hidden Addictions 1.1. Definition of Hidden Addictions 1.2. Categories of Hidden Addictions 1.3. Consequences of All Addictions 1.4. Personal Responsibility 2. Addictions and Cravings 2.1. Definition of Craving 2.2. Origin of Craving 2.3. How Cravings Become Addictions 2.4. Pastoral Conclusions about Cravings 3. Is There an Addictive Personality? 4. The Addictive Cycle 4.1. Excitement Seeking and the Addictive Process 4.2. Excitement Has Its Price 4.3. Tension Reduction and the Addictive Process 4.4. How Addictions Reduce Tension 4.5. Trigger Mechanisms for Addictive Behavior 4.6. Interrupting the Cycle of Need 5. Obsessions and Compulsions 5.1. Obsessions 5.2. Compulsions 5.3. The Addictive Overlap with Obsessions and Compulsions 5.4. Obsessive-Compulsive Personalities 5.5. Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions 6. Lifestyle Addictions 6.1. Problem Lifestyles 6.1.1. Shopping for Stimulation 6.1.2. Thriving on Chaos 6.1.3. Procrastination 6.1.4. Workaholism 6.2. Avoidance of Boredom 7. Addictions to Food 7.1. The Many Purposes of Food 7.2. Bulimia and Food Addiction 7.3. Eating Styles that are Addicting 7.4. Categories of Food that are Addicting 7.5. Overcoming Food Addictions 8. Overcoming Your Hidden Addiction 8.1. The Search for Self in Our Hidden Addictions 8.2. How Do You See Yourself? 8.3. General Techniques for Overcoming Hidden Addictions 8.3.1. Relaxation 8.3.2. Stress Control 8.3.3. Cognitive Restructuring 8.3.4. Increasing Frustration Tolerance