Health-Care Ethics

Founded on in-depth biblical studies and perceptive theological perspective, James Thobaben's book has given us a comprehensive treatment of the myriad ethical issues involved in health care, including the nature of evangelical faith, understanding illness, family caring, the role of health-care providers, institutional considerations, ethical issues related to reproduction, and death and dying.

James R. Thobaben (M.Div., Vale Divinity School; M.P.H., Yale Medical School; Ph.D., Emory University) is professor of church in society at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wtlmore, Kentucky.

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 17
The Theological and Ethical Nature of Evangelical Faith
Evangelicals in the World	p. 25
Evangelicalism as a Historical Movement	p. 41
Knowing Ethically: Evangelical Christian Moral Epistemology	p. 63
Characteristics of Humanity and Bioethical Debates
Theodicy and Healing: Humans as Disordered	p. 87
Moral Anthropology for Bioethics: Humans as Distinctly Human	p. 113
Moral Identification and Disability: Humans as Unique Humans	p. 135
Sickness and Being Sick: Humans as Vulnerable	p. 160
Family and Congregational Caring: Humans as Familial	p. 180
Professionals and Truthfulness: Humans as Professing	p. 198
Managing Care and Serving Needs: Humans as Organizers	p. 219
Societal Membership and Rights: Humans as Citizens	p. 239
The Body of Believers and the Public's Health: Humans as Public	p. 265
Moral Agency and End-of-Life Decisions: Humans as Free	p. 290
Assisted Reproduction and Sexuality: Humans as Male and Female	p. 316
Biotechnology and Eugenics: Humans as Creators	p. 348
Gift-giving and receiving: Humans as Donors	p. 374
Death and the Christian: Humans as Finite	p. 405
Author Index	p. 419
Subject Index	p. 422
Scripture Index	p. 427
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