TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kilner,John Frederic
AU  - Hook,C.Christopher
AU  - Uustal,Diane B.
TI  - Cutting-edge bioethics: a Christian exploration of technologies and trends 
T2  - A Horizon in bioethics series book
SN  - 0802849598 (alk. paper)
AV  - R725.56 .C885 2002
U1  - 174/.25 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans
KW  - Medical innovations
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Christian ethics
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -