A Personal Matter

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A Personal Matter

The modern secular state attacks the dignity of the human person by denying its source. Human rights detached from their origin in God are a matter of social consensus and the relative strength of interest groups. Many of the resulting abuses have medical implications as well as a general and universal significance. This volume addresses the foundation and defense of human dignity in medicine and society. The essays included here originated in the Second Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians’ Societies held in Montreal in May 2010.

Contributors:

• Paula Diadori, MSc, MD, FRCP(C), MA (bioethics, Leuven) Associate Clinical Professor, University of Montreal Pediatric Neurologist University Hospital Centre, St. Justine, Montreal
• Richard Habner, MD, FRCP(C), MA (theology) Associate Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University, Director, Pediatric Consultation Centre, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Deacon, Diocese of Montreal
• His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet Archbishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada (2002-2010) & Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops (2010)
• Margaret Somerville, AM, FRSC, DCL Founding Director, McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics & Law. Samuel Gale Professor of Law & Professor of Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Canada