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Ott KM. 2009. A time to be born: A faith-based guide to assisted reproductive technologies. Westport, CT: Religious Institute, 46 pp.

Annotation: This manual is intended to help clergy and other religious professionals address the complex pastoral, moral, and ethical issues raised by assisted reproductive technologies. The manual provides an overview of the technologies and how they are used, examines traditional religious perspectives on reproduction and fertility, and outlines a model of pastoral care and counseling to help religious leaders effectively minister to individuals and communities. The manual also suggests ways that congregations and denominations can support, educate, and engage in the ethical issues surrounding assisted reproductive technologies.

Keywords: Clergy, Communities, Counseling, Education, Ethics, Fertility, Moral values, Pastoral care, Religious organizations, Reproduction, Reproductive technologies

Baumiller RC, ed. 1988. A workbook for pastoral care of individuals and families with special needs. Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 105 pp.

Annotation: This publication contains information to help families deal with practical considerations surrounding the death of newborns under a variety of circumstances, as well as a section on prayer and religious observances relating to physically and mentally handicapped children and their families. It also contains model burial services and a discussion of the role of the clergy in genetic counseling. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Clergy, Genetic counseling, Infant death, Infants with developmental disabilities, Infants with special health care needs, Parent support services, Pastoral care, Perinatal bereavement, Role

Fletcher JC, Baumiller RC, Madden L, Seydel F, Gibson ER, Lipman EJ. 1985. Genetic information and pastoral care. Unpublished typescript, 88 pp.

Annotation: This workbook was prepared for attendees of a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation workshop for clergy. It discusses ways clergy can provide pastoral care for families with an infant with severe problems, for couples in high-risk pregnancy, in premarital counseling, and in performing funerals. It discusses ethical issues in applied human genetics and gives information about local genetic centers and services, support groups, and genetic disorders.

Keywords: Genetic counseling, Infant health, Pastoral care

Baumiller RC. 1981. Genetic decision making and pastoral care: An invited conference. Washington, DC: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 53 pp.

Annotation: These papers are excerpted from transcripts of taped presentations of the conference held June 7-10, 1981. Topics covered include the experience of genetic counseling from various points of view, metabolic disease and chromosome syndromes, clergy involvement, statistics and the will of God, prenatal diagnosis, who get prenatal diagnosis, amniocentesis, and moral dilemmas which are acute within a religious tradition.

Keywords: Clergy, Genetic counseling, Pastoral care, Religion. Infant health
   

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