Cutting-edge bioethics : a Christian exploration of technologies and trends /
edited by John F. Kilner, C. Christopher Hook, and Diann B. Uustal.
- Grand Rapids, MI : W.B. Eerdmans, 2002.
- xii, 201 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
- A Horizon in bioethics series book .
- Horizons in bioethics series. .
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.
0802849598 (alk. paper)
2002023816
Medical innovations--Moral and ethical aspects. Christian ethics. Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity. Medical ethics--Social aspects.