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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.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Kilner, John Frederic.
      Hook, C. Christopher.
      Uustal, Diane B.
    • Published/Created:Grand Rapids, MI : W.B. Eerdmans, 2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Medical innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.
      Medical ethics.
      Christian ethics.
      Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity.
      Medical ethics--Social aspects.
    • Medical Subjects: Bioethics.
      Christianity.
      Religion and Science.
    • Description:xii, 201 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Series:Horizons in bioethics series.
    • Summary:This new volume from the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity provides a faith-based evaluation of recent technologies and trends in bioethics -- including the current debate surrounding stem cell research. 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. - Back cover.
    • Notes:At head of title: The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0802849598 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:Human genetics / Francis S. Collins
      Xenotransplantation / E. David Cook
      Transgenics / Nancy L. Jones, 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.
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