TY - BOOK AU - Thobaben,James R. TI - Health-care ethics: a comprehensive Christian resource SN - 9780830826735 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - R725.56 .T46 2009 U1 - 174.2/THO 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Medical ethics KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christian ethics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction -- Part I: The theological and ethical nature of evangelical faith -- Evangelicals in the world -- Evangelicalism as a historical movement -- Knowing ethically : an evangelical Christian moral epistemology -- Part II: Characteristics of humanity and bioethical debates -- Theodicy and healing : humans as disordered -- Moral anthropology for bioethics : humans as distinctly human -- Moral identification and disability : humans as unique humans -- Sickness and being sick : humans as vulnerable -- Family and congregational caring : humans as familial -- Professionals and truthfulness : humans as professors -- Managing care and serving needs : humans as organizers -- Societal membership and rights : humans as citizens -- The body of believers and the public's health : humans as public -- Moral agency and end-of-life decisions : humans as free -- Assisted reproduction and sexuality : humans as male and female -- Biotechnology and eugenics : humans as creators -- Gift giving and receiving : humans as donors -- Death and the Christian : humans as finite ER -