Handbook of Catholic Health Care Ethics for Pastoral Ministry

Authorization statement from Archbishop Michael O. Jackels.
Healthcare Ethics Handbook Authorization letter 2024
Part I   Reproductive Issues
1. Infertility in Marriage and Assisting Reproduction
    1.1 Advice for Pastoral Counselors
    1.2 Guiding Values and Principles
    1.3 Morally Permissible Methods of Addressing Infertility
    1.4 Morally Impermissible Methods of Addressing Infertility

2. Particular Reproductive Technologies
    2.1 Artificial Insemination by Husband (AIH)
    2.2 Artificial Insemination by Donor (AID)
    2.3 In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
    2.4 Disposition of Frozen Embryos
    2.5 Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)
    2.6 Surrogacy

3. Medical Treatments Affecting Fertility
     3.1 Cancer Treatments and Male Fertility Problems
     3.2 Cancer Treatments and Female Fertility Problems

4. Use of Reproductive Technologies by Single Persons and Same Sex Couples

5. Genetics
     5.1 Preimplantation Genetic Testing
     5.2 Genetic Disorders and Decisions about Having Children

6. Sex Selection


Part II   End-of-Life Issues
1. Decisions about Using or Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatments
2. Medically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration
3. Pain and Symptom Management
4. Advance Directives
5. Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
6. Physician Assisted Suicide

Part III Miscellaneous Issues
1. Vaccines

Part IV Pregnancy-Related Issues
1. Prenatal Testing and Fetal Anomalies
2. Induction of Labor
3. Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancies
4. Treatment of Molar Pregnancies
5. Therapeutic Procedures for a Pregnant Woman and the Life of the Child
6. Disposition of Remains from Pregnancy Loss
7. Treatment Decisions for Seriously Ill Newborns.
8. Tubal Ligation