Health-care ethics
Subtitle: a comprehensive Christian resource
By: James R. Thobaben.
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780830826735
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian ethics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: The theological and ethical nature of evangelical faith; title: Evangelicals in the world; title: Evangelicalism as a historical movement; title: Knowing ethically : an evangelical Christian moral epistemology; title: Part II: Characteristics of humanity and bioethical debates; title: Theodicy and healing : humans as disordered; title: Moral anthropology for bioethics : humans as distinctly human; title: Moral identification and disability : humans as unique humans; title: Sickness and being sick : humans as vulnerable; title: Family and congregational caring : humans as familial; title: Professionals and truthfulness : humans as professors; title: Managing care and serving needs : humans as organizers; title: Societal membership and rights : humans as citizens; title: The body of believers and the public's health : humans as public; title: Moral agency and end-of-life decisions : humans as free; title: Assisted reproduction and sexuality : humans as male and female; title: Biotechnology and eugenics : humans as creators; title: Gift giving and receiving : humans as donors; title: Death and the Christian : humans as finite.