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Cutting-edge bioethics : a Christian exploration of technologies and trends / edited by John F. Kilner, C. Christopher Hook, and Diann B. Uustal.

Title
Cutting-edge bioethics : a Christian exploration of technologies and trends / edited by John F. Kilner, C. Christopher Hook, and Diann B. Uustal.
Publication
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Hook, C. Christopher.
  • Kilner, John Frederic.
  • Uustal, Diane B.
Description
xii, 201 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
A horizons in bioethics series book
Uniform Title
Horizons in bioethics series.
Subject
  • Bioethics
  • Christian ethics
  • Christianity
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Medical ethics > Social aspects
  • Medical ethics
  • Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Medicine > Christianity
  • Religion and Science
Note
  • At head of title: The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Human genetics / Francis S. Collins -- Xenotransplantation / E. David Cook -- Transgenics / Nancy L. Jones and 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.
ISBN
0802849598 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002023816
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library