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Contents Abbreviations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Bioethics and the Pursuit of Beatitude 7 2. Bioethics at the Beginning of Life 43 3. Bioethics and Human Procreation 73 4. Bioethics and the Clinical Encounter 112 5. Bioethics at the End of Life 135 6. Bioethics, Organ Donation, and Transplantation 170 7. Research Bioethics from the Bench to the Bedside 207 8. Catholic Bioethics in a Pluralistic Society 247 Appendix: Church Documents on Bioethics 277 Selected Bibliography 281 Scripture Index 307 Subject Index 308 ...

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