Health care and Christian ethics /
Gill, Robin.
Health care and Christian ethics / Robin Gill. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages). - New studies in Christian ethics ; 26 . - New studies in Christian ethics ; 26. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Moral gaps in secular health care ethics; Chapter 2 Tensions in public theology; Chapter 3 Healing in the Synoptic Gospels; Chapter 4 Compassion in health care ethics; Chapter 5 Care in health care ethics; Chapter 6 Faith in health care ethics; Chapter 7 Humility in health care ethics; Conclusion; Bibliography of works cited; Index.
How can Christian ethics contribute significantly to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Gill explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels, identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion, care, faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics.
0511147023 9780511147029 0511146442 9780511146442 9780511488344 0511488343
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics.
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic books.
R725.56 / .G55 2006eb
241.642
Health care and Christian ethics / Robin Gill. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages). - New studies in Christian ethics ; 26 . - New studies in Christian ethics ; 26. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Moral gaps in secular health care ethics; Chapter 2 Tensions in public theology; Chapter 3 Healing in the Synoptic Gospels; Chapter 4 Compassion in health care ethics; Chapter 5 Care in health care ethics; Chapter 6 Faith in health care ethics; Chapter 7 Humility in health care ethics; Conclusion; Bibliography of works cited; Index.
How can Christian ethics contribute significantly to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Gill explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels, identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion, care, faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics.
0511147023 9780511147029 0511146442 9780511146442 9780511488344 0511488343
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics.
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Christian ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic books.
R725.56 / .G55 2006eb
241.642
