Title: Health-care ethics : a comprehensive Christian resource /
Authors: Thobaben, James R., 1954-
Publisher: IVP Academic,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Christianity; Religion and Medicine; Ethics, Medical; Medical ethics Religious aspects Christianity; Christian ethics
Abstract: Thobaben guides us into the realm of ethical discernment and decision-making by grasping the interconnections between health care in its various dimensions with the whole of true Christian living. If you are a student or pastor, or serving in the health-care professions, this monumental resource is for you.
Contents: Introduction -- Part 1: The theological and ethical nature of evangelical faith. Evangelicals in the world -- Evangelicalism as a historical movement -- Knowing ethically : an evangelical Christian moral epistemology -- Part 2: Characteristics of humanity and bioethical debates. Theodicy and healing : humans as disordered -- Moral anthropology for bioethics : humans as distinctly human -- Moral identification and disability : humans as unique humans -- Sickness and being sick : humans as vulnerable -- Family and congregational caring : humans as familial -- Professionals and truthfulness : humans as professing -- Managing care and serving needs : humans as organizers -- Societal membership and rights : humans as citizens -- The body of believers and the public's health : humans as public -- Moral agency and end-of-life decisions : humans as free -- Assisted reproduction and sexuality : humans as male and female -- Biotechnology and eugenics : humans as creators -- Gift-giving and receiving : humans as donors -- Death and the Christian : humans as finite.