Informed consent, proxy consent, and Catholic bioethics : for the good of the subject / by Grzegorz Mazur.

Title
  1. Informed consent, proxy consent, and Catholic bioethics : for the good of the subject / by Grzegorz Mazur.
Published by
  1. Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; New York : Springer Verlag, c2012.
Author
  1. Mazur, Grzegorz.

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Description
  1. xv, 241 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. This work offers a comprehensive understanding rooted in Catholic anthropology and moral theory of the meaning and limits of informed and proxy consent to experimentation on human subjects. In particular, it seeks to articulate the rationale for proxy consent in both therapeutic and nontherapeutic settings. As to the former, the book proposes that the Golden Rule, recognizing the basic inclinations of human nature toward objective goods perfective of human persons, should underpin the notion of proxy consent to experimentation on humans. As to the latter, an additional scrutiny of the amount of risk involved is necessary, since the risk-benefit ratio frequently invoked to justify higher-risk therapeutic research does not exist in its nontherapeutic counterpart. This study discusses a number of possible solutions to this question and develops a position that builds upon the objective notion of the human good.
Series statement
  1. Philosophy and medicine, 0376-7418 ; v. 112
  2. Catholic studies in bioethics
Uniform title
  1. Philosophy and medicine v. 112.
Subject
  1. Informed consent (Medical law)
  2. Bioethics > Catholic Church
  3. Proxy
  4. Bioethik
  5. Gentherapie
  6. Moraltheologie
  7. Selbstbestimmung
  8. Informed Consent
  9. Bioethics
  10. Catholicism
Contents
  1. Historical development of the principle of free and informed consent -- Articulation of the principle of free and informed consent in human-rights documents -- Major current interpretations of the principle of free and informed consent -- Introduction to the issue of proxy consent -- Standards for proxy consent in the therapeutic situation -- Critique of proxy consent standards -- Golden rule and proxy decision making -- Preliminary considerations on proxy consent in the nontherapeutic situation -- Proxy consent in nontherapeutic settings -- Analysis -- Resolution of issues related to proxy decision making.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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