This volume represents the first of a series of translation of the famous 'Cahiers Laennec' review of Medical Deontology. The subjects treated have acquired very considerable importance in the study of Medical Ethics. It must be obvious that the existence of Artificial Insemination raises certain questions both for the parties directly concerned and for those whose duties as Doctors and Nurses and others bring them into contact with it. The Catholic Church has definite views on the subject and has stated the. On these grounds the following texts is based and discussed with frankness and authority. The second study concerns that unique moment when the span of a human life is brought to an end. It then that the Church provides great spiritual aid and hope for man. For a world in which death no longer appears in a Christian perspective these articles are more than necessary.