Moral Aspects of Sterility Tests and Artificial Insemination

The purpose of this article is to outline briefly the present status in moral theology of the various procedures pertinent to sterility testing and artificial insemination. Both subjects are complicated. To simplify the matter as much as possible, I shall use the outline form and shall include the absolute minimum of discussion. Physicians interested in longer explanations will find these in the sources referred to at the end of the article

Psychosurgery

The following is another chapter of the revised Medico-Moral Problems book of Father Gerald Kelly, S.J., being published by The Catholic Hospital Association. Permission has been granted to give this preview of material concerning psychosurgery. Many of the book\u27s chapters begin with a quotation of directives which are observed in the operation of Catholic hospitals, included in the publication, Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Hospitals. Directive 44 which is the basis for Father Kelly\u27s considerations of the treatment of mental illness and pain provides the introduction to his discussion