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Bioethics : a primer for Christians / Gilbert Meilaender.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 126 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802829090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.7 22
LOC classification:
  • R725.56 .M46 2005
Contents:
1. Christian vision -- 2. Procreation versus reproduction -- 3. Abortion -- 4. Genetic advance -- 5. Prenatal screening -- 6. Suicide and euthanasia -- 7. Refusing treatment -- 8. Who decides? -- 9. Gifts of the body : organ donation -- 10. Gifts of the body : human experimentation -- 11. Embryos : the smallest of research subjects -- 12. Sickness and health.
Review: "In the face of rapid advances in medical research and treatment, bioethics has become a serious social concern. Originally published in 1996 and later chosen by World magazine as one of the top 100 books of the twentieth century, Gilbert Meilaender's Bioethics covers a wide range of pressing bioethical issues and offers discerning guidance on how Christians ought to think about them."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Main HMV Mei (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05-175

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Christian vision -- 2. Procreation versus reproduction -- 3. Abortion -- 4. Genetic advance -- 5. Prenatal screening -- 6. Suicide and euthanasia -- 7. Refusing treatment -- 8. Who decides? -- 9. Gifts of the body : organ donation -- 10. Gifts of the body : human experimentation -- 11. Embryos : the smallest of research subjects -- 12. Sickness and health.

"In the face of rapid advances in medical research and treatment, bioethics has become a serious social concern. Originally published in 1996 and later chosen by World magazine as one of the top 100 books of the twentieth century, Gilbert Meilaender's Bioethics covers a wide range of pressing bioethical issues and offers discerning guidance on how Christians ought to think about them."--BOOK JACKET.

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