The Fetus as Medical Patient: Moral Dilemmas in Prenatal Diagnosis from a Catholic Perspective

by Alfred Cioffi

With an increased capacity to analyze fetal cells in the laboratory and the present possibility of monitoring human embryonic development using advanced diagnostic technique, prenatal diagnosis (PND) has become widely diffused in medical practice. The Fetus as Medical Patient emphasizes, however, that PND results are not unambiguous: they may either lead to a continuation of the pregnancy, or to an abortion. Cioffi engages the reader in a comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819197807
• ISBN13: 9780819197801
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"