A Topic of Moral Theology
Doubtful and dangerous remedies
Safer means first; experiments; desperate cases.
Also asked about as…
alternative medicine · experimental treatment · risky surgery (ed.)
In the index as Cocaine · Doctor · Experiments on patients · Knowledge · Morphine · Physician · Remedies, unsafe
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter IV. Medical Men, n. 3 — He may not neglect safer remedies in order to try those which are less safe, but there is nothing to prevent him from prescribing what will probably do good if it is certain that it will not do harm. In a desperate case,… Read in context →
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture VI. The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties, nn. ¶18, ¶19 & ¶20 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Seven: On the Obligations of Physicians, nn. 378, 379, 380 & 381 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Medical Men — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)