A Topic of Moral Theology

Medical Men

The moral duties of physicians and surgeons: competence, diligence, the care of the dying, and the duties of their calling.

Within this topic

See also Craniotomy and similar operations — in Killing the Innocent

Also asked about as…

doctors · medical ethics · nurses · pharmacists · physicians (ed.)

In the index as Physician · Various offices: judge · Surgeon (Chirurgus) · Pharmacist (Pharmacopola) · Care · Judge cooperating with an unjust law · Clerics · Doctor · Office, what it is · Surgery · Advocate · Bailiffs · Declaratory, decisive sentence · Juror, cooperating with an unjust law · Morphine · Pharmacists · Physicians · Secrecy, professional · Baptism · Canonical, civil order of judgments · Custodians · Denunciation · Dying, duties toward the · Fees, medical

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter IV. Medical Men, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. III, Pt. I, Section V. On Physicians and Notaries, nn. 1148 & 1149 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, The Duties of Certain Professions, n. 2651 — Duties of Certain Professions. Duties of Certain Professions.—(a) Judges and Lawyers.—The duties of men of the law were discussed already in 1940 sqq. Clients on their part owe their lawyers fair treatment and just compensation for services, while tho… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, On the Particular Obligati…, IX. On Physicians, Surgeons, and Pharmacists, nn. 89, 90, 91, 92 & 93 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

95. On the Physician, n. 1 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Ch. VII, Surgeons, and Pharmacists, nn. 31, 32, 33 & 34 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter VII: On Offices, nn. 506–533 (28 passages)

Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence

Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture VI. The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties, nn. ¶1–¶41 (41 passages)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART FIRST: ON THE STATE O…, Ch. VII, SURGEONS, AND PHARMACISTS, nn. ¶1078, ¶1079 & ¶1080 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. III, Chapter III: On The Offices Of Physicians And Pharmacists, nn. ¶2331, ¶2332, ¶2333 & ¶1 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Ch. I, Question V: Concerning Physicians and Pharmacists, nn. ¶4358–¶4377 (20 passages)

Ch. II, § B. Concerning Certain Si…, Question I: Concerning Sins Against the Internal Goods of Life and Body, nn. ¶4687–¶4758 (72 passages)

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)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. I, Chapter V. On the Obligations of Physicians, nn. 565 & 566 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Certain Laymen — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Tanquerey — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)