Health-Care Ethics

A Comprehensive Christian Resource

By James R. Thobaben

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 428 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: September 2009

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2673-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2673-5
IVP Order Code: 2673

Related Subjects

Health/Health Care

Preface
Introduction
Part One: The Theological and Ethical Nature of Evangelical Faith
1 Evangelicals in the World
2 Evangelicalism as a Historical Movement
3 Knowing Ethically: An Evangelical Christian Moral Epistomology
Part Two: Characteristics of Humanity and Bioethical Debates
4 Theodicy and Healing
Humans as Disordered
5 Moral Anthropology for Bioethics
Humans as Distinctly Human
6 Moral Identification and Disability
Humans as Unique Humans
7 Sickness and Being Sick
Humans as Vulnerable
8 Family and Congregational Caring
Humans as Familial
9 Professionals and Truthfulness
Humans as Professing
10 Managing Care and Serving Needs
Humans as Organizers
11 Societal Membership and Rights
Humans as Citizens
12 The Body of Believers and the Public's Health
Humans as Public
13 Moral Agency and End-of-Life Decisions
Humans as Free
14 Assisted Reproduction and Sexuality
Humans as Male and Female
15 Biotechnology and Eugenics
Humans as Creators
16 Gift Giving and Receiving
Humans as Donors
17 Death and the Christian
Humans as Finite
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index