2014 - Issue One
Beginning and End of Life
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The first of our four-part series on Health and Medicine, this issue probes the mystery found at the beginning and end of life. It seems no coincidence that it is also this issue that marks the final farewell to our founding editor, Stratford Caldecott, who passed away on July 17 after a protracted battle with cancer. He is greatly missed.
Witness
Book Reviews
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Embracing "Slow Medicine" as Compassionate Care for the Elderly
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, My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for your Aging Loved Ones (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008).
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Awakening to Persons: the Ethics of Abortion
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, The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice (Routledge, 2011).
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Lamenting The Failure of Long-Term Care
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, It Shouldn't Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care (Vanderbuilt University Press, 2005).
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The "Gift" That Kills? On the Ethics of Organ Transplantation
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, The Ethics of Organ Transplantation (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2011).
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Defending the Defenseless: A Case Against Abortion
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, Defending Life: a Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
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The Vocation of the Hospice Nurse: A "Midwife for Souls"
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, Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying (Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 2007).
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Blurring the Line Between Life and Death In Organ Donation
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, The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers—How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death (New York: Pantheon, 2012).
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Caring for Aging Parents in a Catholic Way
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, A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent (Loyola Press, 2006).
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