The "bigger picture" of Bioethics today I.

My readers, last week I received a question about what are the good books in *bioethics (Bioethics is a field that addresses many of the most fundamental ethical questions facing us - especially in light of the growing importance of biotechnology). Here are some of the books published on bioethics (primary Roman Catholic)as I read them in last 3 years, which in my judgment will provide us "bigger picture" what bioethics examine and offer.

1. ANDREWS L. B., Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions about Genetics,Columbia University Press, New York 2001.

2. ATTARD M. V., «Spunti di antropologia genetica: la clonazione», in MORICONI B., ed., Antropologia cristiana: Bibbia, teologia,cultura, Città Nuova, Roma 2001, 841–889.

3. BARTONE J.C., ed., Bioethics of Mankind A to Z: index of New Information & Guide Book for Reference and Research, Abbe Publ. Assn of Washington D.C. 2001.

4. CORNISH, W., Human Genetics, Bioethics and Intellectual Property:International Perspectives, 2007.

5. ENGELHARDT H. T., Foundations of Bioethics, Oxford University Press,New York 1996.

6. EVAN J. H., Playing God?: Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2001.

7. FUCHS J., «Disporre della vita umana? Problemi di odierna bioetica», in ID., Il Verbo si fa carne. Teologia morale, Piemme, Casale Monferrato 1989, 271–290. Vaticano 2006.

8. HÄRING B., Medicina e manipolazione, Edizioni Paoline, Roma 1976.

9. Lammers, Stephen E. and Allen Verhey, ed. On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1987.

10. Mappes, Thomas A. and David DeGrazia, ed. Biomedical Ethics. Fifth Edition. Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

11. O’Rourke, Kevin D. A Primer for Health Care Ethics. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000.

12. O’Rourke, Kevin D. and Philip Boyle. Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings. Third Edition. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1999.

13. Pellegrino, Edmund D. and David C. Thomasma. The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1996.

14. ______. Helping and Healing: Religious Commitment in Health Care. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1997.

15. Ramsey, Paul. The Patient as Person: Explorations in Medical Ethics. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.

16. Roy, David J., John R. Williams and Bernard M. Dickens. Bioethics in Canada. Scarborough: Prentice Hall Canada Inc., 1994.

17. Shannon, Thomas A. Bioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions that Surround the Major Modern Biological Possibilities and Problems. Fourth Edition. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1993.

18. ______. An Introduction to Bioethics. Second edition. New York: Paulist Press, 1987.

19. Somerville, Margaret. The Ethical Canary: Science, Society and the Human Spirit. Toronto: Penguin Books, 2000.

20. PONTIFICIA ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM, The Signs of Death (The Proceedings of the Working Group: 11-12 September 2006), Vatican City 2007.

21. CONCILIO VATICANO II, Costituzione pastorale sulla chiesa nel mondo contemporaneo (Gaudium et spes), 7 dicembre 1965.

22. GIOVANNI PAOLO II, Lettera enciclica Dives in misericordia, 30 novembre 1980.

23. GIOVANNI PAOLO II, Lettera enciclica Veritatis splendor, 6 agosto 1993.

24. GIOVANNI PAOLO II, Evangelium Vitae, 25 marzo 1995.

25. CONGREGAZIONE PER LA DOTTRINA DELLA FEDE, Dichiarazione sull’eutanasia (Iura et Bona), 5 maggio 1980.

26. Catechism of the Catholic Church, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano 1993.

27. Tom L. Beauchamp & LeRoy Walters, Contemporary issues in bioethics, Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003.

28. Jonsen, Albert R., The birth of bioethics, New York:Oxford University Press,2003.

29. Nancy S. Jecker, Albert R. Jonsen, Robert A. Pearlman, Bioethics:an introduction to the history, methods, and practice, Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers,1997.