Beginning and End of Life
Health: Issue One
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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Caring for Aging Parents in a Catholic Way by Pravin Thevathasan
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Monica Dodds, A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent
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Blurring the Line Between Life and Death In Organ Donation by Benjamin Petty
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Dick Teresi, The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers—How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
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The Vocation of the Hospice Nurse: A "Midwife for Souls" by Kristine Cranley
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Kathy Kalina, Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying
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Defending the Defenseless: A Case Against Abortion by Siobhán Maloney Latar
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Francis Beckwith, Defending Life: a Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice
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The "Gift" That Kills? On the Ethics of Organ Transplantation by Michelle Kuhner
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Steven J. Jensen, The Ethics of Organ Transplantation
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Lamenting The Failure of Long-Term Care by Kathleen Crane Vidmar
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Robert L. and West Kane, It Shouldn't Be This Way: The Failure of Long-Term Care
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Awakening to Persons: the Ethics of Abortion by Erik van Versendaal
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Christopher Kaczor, The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice
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Embracing "Slow Medicine" as Compassionate Care for the Elderly by Colet C. Bostick
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M.D. Denis McCullough, My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for your Aging Loved Ones
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