Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-08-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1177/00243639231156700
Kathryn R T Quinn, Jenny Kim, John D Yoon
{"title":"The Emmaus Project: Aging, Illness, and Dying Among Older Christians-A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Kathryn R T Quinn, Jenny Kim, John D Yoon","doi":"10.1177/00243639231156700","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00243639231156700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older patients have an increased risk of depression, neglect, and abuse. Studies demonstrate that spiritual and religious coping is important at times of personal crisis, but few studies explore the impact of religion on older persons' experiences of aging, illness, and impending death. This study set out to identify recurring spiritual and clinical themes shared by retirement home residents in the context of a Christian faith-based processing group. A qualitative cohort study of residents over the age of 65 was conducted at a retirement home in Chicago, Illinois. The study consisted of 8 hour-long Scripture-based processing group sessions co-led by a study researcher and the onsite chaplain. Questionnaires were administered to each group and handwritten responses were collected and analyzed to identify recurring clinical and spiritual themes. Ten participants enrolled in the group study. The questionnaire completion rate was 35% (49/140). The most recurring clinical themes included 1) events of death or terminal illness and 2) physical limitations. The most recurring spiritual themes included 1) God's presence and 2) prayer and worship. The most recurring coded theme overall was family. This study provided insight into the spiritual experiences of older Christians in one retirement home community. Increased awareness of the spiritual perspectives of the geriatric population may strengthen the doctor-patient relationship and lead to improvements in clinical care.</p>","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"90 3","pages":"320-332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10566490/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-08-01Epub Date: 2022-11-18DOI: 10.1177/00243639221116218
Steven Dezort
{"title":"Infecundity and the Principle of Double Effect in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's 2018 <i>Responsum</i> on Hysterectomy.","authors":"Steven Dezort","doi":"10.1177/00243639221116218","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00243639221116218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a <i>responsum</i> from 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) judged hysterectomy as permissible when a uterus is unable to bring any pregnancy to term, raising the question of why such hysterectomy does not constitute direct sterilization forbidden by previous <i>responsa</i> from 1975 and 1993. This paper outlines these theological views, both supportive and against, concerning the consistency of the CDF's 2018 decision with both its 1993 <i>responsa</i> and the Principle of Double Effect (PDE). It argues that the Principle of Double Effect (PDE) can be applied to explain the CDF's judgement, provided that the hysterectomy is regarded as concerning infecundity, the inability to have a live birth. In cases of hysterectomy concerning sterilization, the preservation of the woman's life (the good effect) is evaluated against her sterilization (the bad effect). In cases of hysterectomy concerning infecundity, sexual intercourse without miscarriages (the good effect) is evaluated against the removal of the uterus (the bad effect). This paper argues that, when the hysterectomy described by the CDF in its 2018 re<i>sponsum</i> is evaluated in terms of the PDE as concerning infecundity, such hysterectomy is found to meet all four conditions and is therefore permissible.</p>","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"90 3","pages":"333-348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10566496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-08-01Epub Date: 2022-12-04DOI: 10.1177/00243639221141223
Bradley S Sjoquist
{"title":"Pharmacosophrosyne Revisited: Drug Use and Virtue Ethics.","authors":"Bradley S Sjoquist","doi":"10.1177/00243639221141223","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00243639221141223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a 1959 article, John C. Ford, SJ (1902-1989), proposed the existence of a new virtue to regulate recreational drug use which he names \"pharmacosophrosyne.\" This article analyzes the soundness of Ford's proposal and extends it by providing a mereological analysis of how pharmacosophrosyne relates to the virtues of temperance and sobriety. It then shows how understanding both pharmacosophrosyne and sobriety can inform a moral evaluation of recreational drug use.</p>","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"90 3","pages":"290-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10566487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.1177/00243639231190134
Jean Baric-Parker
{"title":"Book Review: Bioethics for Nurses. A Christian Moral Vision by Alisha N. Mack and Charles C. Camosy","authors":"Jean Baric-Parker","doi":"10.1177/00243639231190134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639231190134","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49437794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-05-29DOI: 10.1177/00243639231162431
Charles S. Love
{"title":"“Just the Facts Ma’am”: Moral and Ethical Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and its Potential to Impact Patient Autonomy and Hope","authors":"Charles S. Love","doi":"10.1177/00243639231162431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639231162431","url":null,"abstract":"Applying machine-based learning and synthetic cognition, commonly referred to as artificial intelligence (AI), to medicine intimates prescient knowledge. The ability of these algorithms to potentially unlock secrets held within vast data sets makes them invaluable to healthcare. Complex computer algorithms are routinely used to enhance diagnoses in fields like oncology, cardiology, and neurology. These algorithms have found utility in making healthcare decisions that are often complicated by seemingly endless relationships between exogenous and endogenous variables. They have also found utility in the allocation of limited healthcare resources and the management of end-of-life issues. With the increase in computing power and the ability to test a virtually unlimited number of relationships, scientists and engineers have the unprecedented ability to increase the prognostic confidence that comes from complex data analysis. While these systems present exciting opportunities for the democratization and precision of healthcare, their use raises important moral and ethical considerations around Christian concepts of autonomy and hope. The purpose of this essay is to explore some of the practical limitations associated with AI in medicine and discuss some of the potential theological implications that machine-generated diagnoses may present. Specifically, this article examines how these systems may disrupt the patient and healthcare provider relationship emblematic of Christ's healing mission. Finally, this article seeks to offer insights that might help in the development of a more robust ethical framework for the application of these systems in the future.","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135791842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-05-15DOI: 10.1177/00243639231166812
Matthew Paul Schneider, LC
{"title":"Book Review: Teaching Students with Autism in a Catholic Setting by Lawrence R.","authors":"Matthew Paul Schneider, LC","doi":"10.1177/00243639231166812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639231166812","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41400688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linacre QuarterlyPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1177/00243639231165253
{"title":"Call for Papers Special Issue 2024: Doing No Harm","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/00243639231165253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639231165253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44238,"journal":{"name":"Linacre Quarterly","volume":"90 1","pages":"223 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48983306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}