Cutting-edge bioethics : a Christian exploration of technologies and trends / edited by John F. Kilner, C. Christopher Hook, and Diann B. Uustal.

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Series: Horizons in bioethics seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : W.B. Eerdmans, 2002.Description: xii, 201 p. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:

0802849598 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

174/.25 21

LOC classification:

R725.56 .C885 2002

Contents:

Human genetics / Francis S. Collins -- Xenotransplantation / E. David Cook -- Transgenics / Nancy L. Jones, Linda Bevington -- Artificial intelligence and personhood / Robert K. Garcia -- Cybernetics and nanotechnology / C. Christopher Hook -- Multiculturalism / John Patrick -- Reliance on technology : stem cell research and beyond / Daryl Sas -- The need for bioethical vision / Francis Cardinal George -- Money matters in health care / Scott B. Rae -- Spirituality and alternative medicine / Dónal P. O'Mathúna -- Preventing AIDS and STDs / Mary B. Adam -- The ethic and spirit of care / Diann B. Uustal -- Facing the future / Richard A. Swenson -- Media and public policy challenges / Helen Alvare -- Ethical challenges / C. Ben Mitchell.

Summary: Fifteen noted scholars and medical practitioners discuss some of today's new controversial work in biomedicine - xenotransplantation, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, and more - and appraise from a Christian perspective both the science and the ethical questions it raises. Designed to orient general readers to the curent state of biomedical research, Cutting-Edge Bioethics is must reading for anyone wishing to confront and wrestle with the challenging moral issues posed by this ever-advancing field.

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At head of title: The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human genetics / Francis S. Collins --
Xenotransplantation / E. David Cook --
Transgenics / Nancy L. Jones, Linda Bevington --
Artificial intelligence and personhood / Robert K. Garcia --
Cybernetics and nanotechnology / C. Christopher Hook --
Multiculturalism / John Patrick --
Reliance on technology : stem cell research and beyond / Daryl Sas --
The need for bioethical vision / Francis Cardinal George --
Money matters in health care / Scott B. Rae --
Spirituality and alternative medicine / Dónal P. O'Mathúna --
Preventing AIDS and STDs / Mary B. Adam --
The ethic and spirit of care / Diann B. Uustal --
Facing the future / Richard A. Swenson --
Media and public policy challenges / Helen Alvare --
Ethical challenges / C. Ben Mitchell.

Fifteen noted scholars and medical practitioners discuss some of today's new controversial work in biomedicine - xenotransplantation, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, and more - and appraise from a Christian perspective both the science and the ethical questions it raises. Designed to orient general readers to the curent state of biomedical research, Cutting-Edge Bioethics is must reading for anyone wishing to confront and wrestle with the challenging moral issues posed by this ever-advancing field.

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