02583cam a22003854a 4500 12685307 AU-EpEBC 20140905162905.0 020215s2002 miu b 001 0 eng 2002023816 0802849598 (alk. paper) (DLC)1228 DLC DLC DLC NEMB pcc R725.56 .C885 2002 174/.25 21 EW 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 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. Medical innovations Moral and ethical aspects. Christian ethics. Medicine Religious aspects Christianity. Medical ethics Social aspects. Kilner, John Frederic. Jnt ed. Hook, C. Christopher. Jnt ed. Uustal, Diane B. Jnt ed. Horizons in bioethics series. ddc 37602 37602 0 0 ddc 0 0 241 Ethics MAIN MAIN OS 2013-12-20 Donated by Valentin Vasilev, 2009-2011. 30.00 0 241.66/CUT 14532 2015-04-30 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-12-20 AM