{"product_id":"the-fetus-as-medical-patient-alfred-cioffi-9780819197801","title":"The Fetus as Medical Patient: Moral Dilemmas in Prenatal Diagnosis from a Catholic Perspective","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eThe Fetus as Medical Patient\u003c\/i\u003e 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 examination of the state of the question regarding diagnosis and possible treatment of human illness \u003ci\u003ein utero.\u003c\/i\u003e The book deals with biomedical consideration in prenatal human life, presents a survey of the literature of ten North American Catholic theologians who have written on the topic of moral dilemmas in PND over the past twenty years, and critically analyzes the writings of these ten authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Cioffi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819197807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819197801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.08w x 0.90d","brand":"Alfred Cioffi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112975741183,"sku":"9780819197801","price":111.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1669c4bd-5023-45e3-9608-6ad4d3b1620e.jpg?v=1769612216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fetus-as-medical-patient-alfred-cioffi-9780819197801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}