Covenants of life
Subtitle: contemporary medical ethics in light of the thought of Paul Ramsey
By: edited by Kenneth L. Vaux, Sara Vaux, and Mark Stenberg.
Contributors: Vaux, Kenneth L., 1939-; Vaux, Sara Anson.; Stenberg, Mark.
Series: Philosophy and medicine -- v. 77.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Ramsey, Paul; Ramsey, Paul; Medical ethics; Medical ethics -- Religious aspects; Religion and ethics; Ethical Theory; Ethics, Medical; Religion and Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Covenant-centered ethics: the theological context of Paul Ramsey's medical ethics; title: Ch. 2. Paul Ramsey's ethic of covenant fidelity; title: Ch. 3. Discerning stewardship: contemporary philosophy and the legacy of Paul Ramsey's medical ethics; title: Ch. 4. Keeping body and soul together; title: Ch. 5. The right of life and human dignity; title: Ch. 6. Applied ethics and communities of value: the distinctiveness of medical ethics; title: Ch. 7. Response I; title: Ch. 8. In partnership with God: health, healing, and Jewish tradition; title: Ch. 9. Technology and tragedy: an evangelical theology of care; title: Ch. 10. Response II; title: Ch. 10. The devil's being God's best inspiration: the boundary between research and care; title: Ch. 11. Telling and keeping still; reviving and letting go: the ethics of "do not resuscitate" procedures; title: Ch. 12. Ramsey as Trellis: Paul Ramsey and the evolution of pediatric medical ethics; title: Ch. 13. Response III; title: App. 1. Should physicians hasten the death angel when she paused in her flight? Peter T. Bohan lecture in the philosophy of medicine; title: App. 2. An interview with Paul Ramsey.