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• Title:Bioethics : a Christian approach in a pluralistic age / Scott B. Rae, Paul M. Cox.
  
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• Author/Creator:Rae, Scott B.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Cox, Paul M.
  Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
  
• Published/Created:Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©1999.
  

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  • Call Number: W50 .R332 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics.
  Christian ethics.
  Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Christianity.
  Religion and Medicine.
  
• Description:ix, 326 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Critical issues in bioethics.
  
• Summary:The authors assess various secular approaches to bioethics that are particularly influential today and develop a framework for a Christian approach to assist people in addressing the many pressing issues in the field. Throughout, the authors touch on the numerous debated issues in bioethics though they are primarily concerned to give an account of the central theological notions crucial to an informed Christian perspective on bioethics.
  
• Notes:At head of title: The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0802845959 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Influential Approaches to Bioethics
  1. Religious Approaches to Bioethics
  2. Secular Approaches to Bioethics
  Pt. II. Pillars of a Christian Approach
  3. Medical Technology in Theological Perspective
  4. Image of God and the Sacredness of Human Life
  5. Personhood of the Patient
  6. Autonomy and the Common Good
  7. Death as a Conquered Enemy
  8. Distributive Justice and Health Care Delivery
  Pt. III. Employing a Christian Approach
  9. Christian Bioethics in a Secular Culture
  10. Model for Bioethical Decision Making.