Handbook of bioethics and religion
By: edited by David E. Guinn.
Contributors: Guinn, David E.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780195178739
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Religious aspects; Bioethics -- Religious aspects; Religion and ethics; Bioethics; Religion and Medicine
Description: In Handbook of Bioethics and Religion the authors address specific and highly contested issues such as assisted suicide, stem cell research, cloning, reproductive health, and alternative medicine, as well as more general questions such as who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics, what religion can add to our understanding of justice, and the value of faith-based contributions to health care.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of religion and bioethics / Albert R. Jonsen; title: Theology's role in public bioethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: Who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics? -/ John H. Evans; title: Bioethics, religion and linguistic capital  / Tod Chambers; title: And power corrupts... : religion and the disciplinary matrix of bioethics / Therese Lysaught; title: Religion, public reason, and embryonic stem cell research / Cynthia B. Cohen; title: These and those are the words of the living god / Elliot N. Dorf; title: Public discourse and reasonable pluralims : rethinking the requirements of neurtality / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr; title: Law, values and bioethics : an analysis of Rodriquez v. Canada / David E. Guinn, Edward Keyserlingk, and Wendy Morton; title: The NBAC report on cloning : a case study in religion, public policy and bioethics / M. Cathleen Kaveny; title: Philosophy, theology, and the claims of justice / Karen Lebacqz; title: No harm, no harrassment : major principles of health care ethics in Islam / Abdulaziz Sachedina; title: Ethics of ambiguity : a Buddhist reflection on the Japanese organ transplant law / Ronald Y. Nakasone; title: "On one path or the other" : cloning, religion and the making of us biopolicy / Nigel M. de S. Cameron; title: Instrumentalizing religion; title: Apples and oranges : a critique of current trends in the study of religion, spirituality, and health / Gail Gaisin Glicksman and Allen Glicksman; title: The heart of the matter : religion and spirituality at the end of life / David E. Guinn; title: Institutional religion; title: Can religion undermine health? : an examination of the African American church / Michelle Goodwin; title: The delivery of controversial services : reproductive health and the ERD / Maura A. Ryan; title: Catholic healthcare in the public square : tension on the frontier / Clarke E. Cochran.