Human life :  problems of birth, of living, and of dying / 
edited by William C. Bier. 
 - New York :  Fordham University Press,  (c)1977. 
 - x, 295 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - The pastoral psychology series ;  no. 9 .
<br/><br/> Papers presented at the 10th Institute of Pastoral Psychology, sponsored by the Fordham University Dept. of Psychology. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> The worth of human life : light from religion and contemporary experience --  The value of human life in Judaeo-Christian perspective /  Life evaluations in developing countries /  Value of human life in technological society /  Problems of birth : population problems --  The world population situation : current trends and issues /  Population control : methods and morality /  Responsible parenthood in the contemporary world /  Problems of birth : eugenic problems --  Genetic engineering /  Genetic screening and counseling /  Eugenic abortion /  Problems of living : legitimate expectations for human life --  Basic human freedoms /  Personal human development /  Problems of living : severe limitations of human expectancies --  The physically handicapped /  The psychologically disabled /  The economically disadvantaged : the constricted life of the poor /  Problems of dying : the prolongation of life --  Defining death /  Artificial prolongation of life : means and morality /  Truth-telling and decision-making in the case of the terminally ill /  Problems of dying : the taking of life --  The medical profession : euthanasia /  The state : capital punishment /  The individual : suicide /  Life beyond death : expectations of immortality --  Immortality in humanistic perspective /  Immortality in Oriental religious perspectives /  Immortality in Judaeo-Christian perspective /  Gerard H. Ettlinger --  Joseph B. Schuyler --  Victor Ferkiss --  Mary G. Powers --  Charles E. Curran --  Sidney C. Callahan --  Marc A. Lapp --  Andrew L. Szebenyi --  John R. Connery --  Robert O. Johann --  William J. Richardson --  Leonard Diller --  William F. Lynch --  James R. Kelly --  Robert C. Neville --  David Hendin --  Ned H. Cassem --  Eric J. Cassell --  Donald R. Campion --  William W. Meissner --  Paul Kurtz --  Robert E. Kennedy --  Leo J. O'Donovan. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>77071939 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian ethics--Catholic authors--Congresses.<br/>Christian sociology--Catholic Church--Congresses.<br/>Medical ethics--Congresses.<br/>Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--Congresses.<br/>Pastoral psychology--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1759  / .H863 1977 BX1759