An Anglican theologian contends that the claim to absolute protection for the human embryo from the moment of conception is a recent one in the Roman Catholic moral tradition. Citing pre-classical, classical, biblical, and ...

Physicians' obligations toward newborns with Down's syndrome and operable defects such as intestinal obstructions are outlined in a commentary co-authored by several physicians and other professionals in the fields ...

This papal address was delivered at the conclusion of the World Medical Association's 35th General Assembly, on "The Physician and the Rights of Mankind," in Venice. Referring to the essential similarity between the concerns ...