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124Book Reviews : Euthanasia Examined: ethical, clinical and legal perspectives, edited by John Keown. Cambridge University Press, 1995. xv + 340 pp. hb. 40 (review)Studies in Christian Ethics 10 (1): 124-128. 1997.
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113Book Reviews : Religion & Medical Ethics: looking back, looking forward, edited by Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.152 pp. pb. no price. ISBN 0-8028-0862-X (review)Studies in Christian Ethics 11 (2): 152-155. 1998.
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21Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia before, during, and after the holocaustPhysician-assisted suicide and euthanasia before, during, and after the holocaust, edited by Sheldon Rubenfeld and Daniel P. Sumasy, with Astrid Ley, pp. 344, Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2020, £96 (Hardback), ISBN: 9781793609496 (review)The New Bioethics. forthcoming.At the time of writing, a British Member of Parliament has just been suspended from his Party for posting a Tweet in which he compared the level of serious adverse events after vaccination for COVI...
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21Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia before, during, and after the holocaustThe New Bioethics 1-4. forthcoming..
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30Loss of faith in brain death: Catholic controversy over the determination of death by neurological criteriaClinical Ethics 7 (3): 133-141. 2012.The diagnosis of death by neurological criteria (colloquially known as ‘brain death’) is accepted in some form in law and medical practice throughout the world, and has been endorsed in principle by the Catholic Church. However, the rationale for this acceptance has been challenged by the accumulation of evidence of integrated vital activity in bodies diagnosed dead by neurological criteria. This paper sets out 10 different Catholic responses to the current crisis of confidence and assesses them…Read more
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34Sin, Suffering, and the Need for the Theological VirtuesChristian Bioethics 12 (2): 187-198. 2006.This article examines the account of the relationship between sin and suffering provided by J. L. A. Garcia in “Sin and Suffering in a Catholic Understanding of Medical Ethics,” in this issue. Garcia draws on the (Roman) Catholic tradition and particularly on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, who remains an important resource for Catholic theology. Nevertheless, his interpretation of Thomas is open to criticism, both in terms of omissions and in terms of positive claims. Garcia includes those eleme…Read more
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32True wishes: the philosophy and developmental psychology of children's informed consentPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 2 (4): 287-303. 1995.In this article we explore the underpinnings of what we view as a recent" backlash" in English law, a judicial reaction against considering children's and young people's expressions of their own feelings about treatment as their" true" wishes. We use this case law as a springboard to conceptual discussion, rooted in (a) empirical psychological work on child development and (b) three key philosophical ideas: rationality, autonomy and identity.
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227True wishes: the philosophy and developmental psychology of informed consentPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 2 (4): 287-303. 1995.In this article we explore the underpinnings of what we view as a recent "backlash" in English law, a judicial reaction against considering children's and young people's expressions of their own feelings about treatment as their "true" wishes. We use this case law as a springboard to conceptual discussion, rooted in (a) empirical psychological work on child development and (b) three key philosophical ideas: rationality, autonomy and identity. Using these three concepts, we explore different unde…Read more