Bioethics and the Christian Life - A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions (Paperback)

Just about everyone will face a difficult bioethics decisionat some point. In this book a theologian, ethicist, and lawyerequips Christians to make such decisions based on biblical truth, wisdom, and virtue.

Though a relatively new discipline, bioethics has generatedextraordinary interest due to a number of socially pressing issues.Bioethics and the Christian Life places bioethics withinthe holistic context of the Christian life, both developing ageneral Christian approach to making bioethics decisions andaddressing a number of specific, controversial areas ofbioethics.

Clear, concise, and well-organized, the book is divided intothree sections. The first lays the theological foundation forbioethics decision-making and discusses the importance of wisdomand virtue in working through these issues. The second sectionaddresses beginning-of-life issues, such as abortion, stem-cellresearch, and infertility treatments. The third section coversend-of-life issues, such as living wills, accepting and refusingmedical treatment, and treatment of patients in permanentvegetative states.