The Institute of Catholic Bioethics at SJU
Publications
Books:
To Treat Or Not To Treat: The Ethical Methodology Of Richard A. McCormick, S.J. As Applied To Treatment Decisions For Handicapped Newborns (Omaha, NE.: Creighton University Press, Fall 2003)
Book Chapters:
“To Treat Or Not To Treat: Can Richard McCormick’s Moral Criterion Serve As A Model For Neonatal Decision-Making Today?” in Health Care In Transition Volume 1 (New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2002).
Periodicals:
"Notes On Suffering, Death And Native American Spirituality," America 177, December 13, 1997.
"A Legacy Of Mistrust: African Americans, The Medical Profession And AIDS," Linacre Bioethics Quarterly 65 February, 1998.
"The Ethics Of Placebo-Controlled Trials for Perinatal Transmission Of HIV In Developing Countries," AIDS & Public Policy Journal 13 Spring, 1998.
"The Transition Between Ending Medical Treatment And Beginning Palliative Care: The Need For A Ritual Response," Worship 72 July, 1998.
"The Ethics Of Placebo-Controlled Trials For Perinatal Transmission Of HIV In Developing Countries," The Journal of Clinical Ethics 9 Summer, 1998.
"Mission: Just Do It," National Jesuit News, October, 1998.
"The Ethics Of Needle Exchange Programs," AIDS & Public Policy Journal 13 Winter, 1998.
"To Treat Or Not To Treat: Ethical Dilemma Of Alternative Medicine Therapies," AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 14 Fall, 1999.
"Methotrexate and Tubal Pregnancies: Direct Or Indirect Abortion?" Linacre Bioethics Quarterly 67 February, 2000.
"The Ethics Of Medical Marijuana: Government Restrictions vs. Medical Necessity," Journal of Public Health Policy 21 Spring, 2000.
Peter A. Clark, S.J., Ph.D. & Catherine Mikus, Esq."Medical Futility: Is It Time To Establish A Formalized Policy?" Health Progress 81 July-August 2000.
"The Million Dollar Question," Hastings Center Report 30, September-October 2000.
“The Ethics of Alternative Medicine Therapies,” Journal of Public Health Policy 21, Winter 2000.
“What Residents Are Not Learning: Observations In A NICU,” Academic Medicine 76, May 2001.
“Building A Policy In Pediatrics For Medical Futility,” Pediatric Nursing 27 March-April 2001.
"Needle Exchange Programs And HIV Prevention: The Greater Good Or The Promotion Of Evil," Linacre Bioethics Quarterly 68, May 2001.
“The Ethics Of Needle Exchange Programs,” Review of Contemporary Psychiatry 8, February 2001. This was published in Russian with permission from the author and the AIDS & Public Policy Journal.
“Medical Futility In Pediatrics: Is It Time For A Public Policy?” Journal of Public Health Policy 23, 2002.
“Placebo Surgery For Parkinson’s Disease: Do The Benefits Outweigh The Risks?” Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 30, 2002.
“Pain Management: Can A Formalized Policy Help?” Health Progress 83, July-August 2002.
“Mother and Son: The Case Of Medical Marijuana,” The Hastings Center Report 33, September-October 2002.
“AIDS Research In Developing Countries: Do The Ends Justify The Means,” Medical Science Monitor 8, September 2002.
“The Cry To Save A Continent: Drug Companies And AIDS In Africa,” America 187, November 25, 2002.
“Confidentiality And The Physician-Patient Relationship: Ethical Reflections From A Surgical Waiting Room,” Medical Science Monitor 8, November 2002.
"The Ethics of Mandatory HIV Testing Of All Pregnant Women," Linacre Bioethics Quarterly 70 (1) February 2003.
“Is It Ethical And Legal To Give A Child Medical Marijuana?” Foreword to Jeffrey’s Journey: A Determined Mother’s Battle For Medical Marijuana For Her Son by Debbie Jeffries (Rocklin, CA.: LaRayne Publishers, 2003): 1-4.
“Medical Marijuana: Should Minors Have The Same Rights As Adults?” Medical Science Monitor 9 (6) June 2003.
“Prejudice and the Medical Profession: Racism, Sometimes Overt, Sometimes Subtle, Continues to Plague U.S. Health Care,” Health Progress 84 (5) September-October 2003.
“Fighting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is a Public-Private Partnership a Viable, Paradigm?” Medical Science Monitor 9 (9) September 2003.
"Morphine vs. ABT-594: A Re-examination By The Principle Of Double Effect," Linacre Bioethics Quarterly 70 (2) May 2003.
“Sham Surgery: To Cut or Not To Cut-That Is The Ethical Dilemma,” The American Journal of Bioethics 3 (4) Fall 2003.
“To Be Or Not To Be A Donor: A Person’s Right Of Informed Consent,” Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 8 (4) December 2003.
Peter A. Clark and Uday Deshmukh, M.D. "The Ethics Of Non-Heart Beating Organ Donation,” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 4 (3) August 2004.
“Medication Errors in Family Practice, in Hospitals and After Discharge From the Hospital: An Ethical Analysis,” Law, Medicine and Ethics 32 (2) Summer 2004.
“Who Cares About Ethics,” Health Progress 85 (3), May-June 2000
Peter A. Clark and Frank Bernt. "An Interdisciplinary, International Approach to Justice in Health" in Jesuit Health Sciences and the Promotion of Justice: An Invitation to a Discussion edited by Drs. Jos Welie and Judith Kissell, Marquette University Press, 2004.
“Looking Into The Heart,” America 192 (6), February 21, 2005.“Face Transplantation: A Medical Perspective,” Medical Science Monitor 11 (1)
January 2005.
“Face Transplantation: Part II-An Ethical Perspective,” Medical Science Monitor 11 (2) 2005.
“Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV in Botswana: An Ethical Perspective on Mandatory Testing,” Developing World Bioethics 6 January 2006.
“Is the NovaSure System Ethical? - Some Have Questioned the Treatment’s Use in Catholic Facilities,” Health Progress 86 (6), November-December 2005.
“To Circumcise Or Not To Circumcise: A Catholic Ethical Analysis,” Health Progress 87 (5) September-October 2006.
“Tube Feedings and Persistent Vegetative State Patients: Ordinary or Extraordinary Means?” Christian Bioethics 12 May 2006.
“Decision-Making in Neonatology: An Ethical Analysis,” Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology 5 (2) December 2005.
“Physician Participation In Executions: Care Giver or Executioner?”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 34 (1) Spring 2006.
Peter Clark, Frank Bernt, Patricia Talone and Josita Starrs. “Ethics Committees In Catholic Hospitals” Health Progress 87 (2) March-April 2006.
“Medical Ethics at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib: The Problem of Dual Loyalty,” accepted for publication Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 43 (3) Fall 2006
"Financial Incentives For Cadaveric Organ Donation: An Ethical Analysis." The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics. 4 (1)
Fall 2006.
Peter Clark S.J., Ph.D.; Luke Surry, "Mercy Health Promoters: A Paradigm for Implementing Third World Practices for Resource-Poor Conditions of the Developed World," Medical Science Monitor 13 (3) March 2007.
"Patient Deaths in New Orleans: Mercy Killing or Palliative Care?" The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics. 4 (2) Spring 2007.
"Medical Futility: legal and ethical analysis". Virtual Mentor, AMA Journal of Ethics. 9 (5) May 2007.
Peter Clark S.J., Ph.D.; Sr. Megan Brown, RSM, D.Min; & Mathew Mathew, M.D., "Regaining Minorities' Trust". Health Progress. 88 (3) May-June 2007.
"Richard A. McCormick, S.J.'s dual Epistemology in Bioethics," accepted for publication in Christian Bioethics.
Peter Clark, SJ, Ph.D.; Lauren Vasta, "The Ashley Treatment: An Ethical Analysis," Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics 5 (1) Fall 2007.
"Decision-Making in Neonatology: An Ethical Analysis from the Catholic Perspective," Internet Journal of Catholic Bioethics 1 (Fall 2007).
"Do No Harm: a Global Dilemma in Health Care," Internet Journal of Catholic Bioethics 1 (Fall 2007).
"Mandatory Neonatal Male Circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa: Medical and Ethical Analysis," accepted for publication in Medical Science Monitor.
Book Reviews:
Disease And Diagnosis: Value-Dependent Realism by William E. Stempsey, M.D., Theological Studies, December 2000.
Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics by David F. Kelly, Ph.D. Journal of Law and Religion, October 2005.