Christianity and Bioethics Confronting Clinical Issues

Name: Christianity and Bioethics Confronting Clinical Issues
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ISBN: 9781610973700

ISBN-10: 1610973704

ISBN-13: 9781610973700

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Authors: Mark W. Foreman

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Medical technology and new treatments are being discovered and promoted at a much faster rate than our ability to reflect on their ethical, social, legal, and religious implications. As a result, people are often unprepared to answer the difficult questions that confront them today: - Is abortion ever justifiable? - If a loved one is suffering, can we take action that might relieve their suffering but will hasten their death? - Should doctors be allowed to help patients who wish to end their lives? - If a child is severely impaired, can we allow her to die rather than face a life of suffering? - Should we use genetic therapy to enhance the human race? - Should we seriously consider cloning…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 6/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 7.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Mark W. Foreman (Ph.D., religious studies, University of Virginia) is professor of philosophy and religion at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is also the author of Christianity and Bioethics: Confronting Clinical Issues.



Preface



Modern Medicine in a Moral Fog


What Is Causing the Moral Fog?


The Meaning and History of Bioethics


Moral Justification


Ethical Theories


Methods of Bioethics



The Second Civil War: Abortion


The Legal Situation


The Moral Arguments for and against Abortion


Scripture and Abortion


Conclusion



A Good Death: Euthanasia


Definitions and Distinctions


The Legal Status of Euthanasia


Moral Arguments concerning Active Euthanasia


Passive Euthanasia


Other Issues regarding End-of-Life Care


Conclusion



Death with Dignity: Physician-Assisted Suicide


Is Suicide Ever Justified?


What Is Physician-Assisted Suicide?


The Legal Status of Physician-Assisted Suicide


Moral Arguments for and against PAS



From Cradle to Coffin: Imperiled Newborns


A History of Imperiled Newborns


Moral Arguments concerning Imperiled Newborns


Passive Euthanasia and the Impaired Newborn


Anencephalics - A Special Case?


Conclusion



Made, Not Begotten: Genetic Ethics


Genetics


Genetic Screening


Genetic Intervention


Genetic Research and Experimentation


Glossary