Bioethics from a Faith Perspective: Ethics in Health Care for the Twenty-First Century

by Hanford; Jack T

• ISBN13: 9780789015099
• ISBN10: 0789015099
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135790639
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-27
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Bioethics from a Faith Perspective: Ethics in Health Care for the Twenty-First Century offers a meaningful, rational, faith-oriented framework for deciding how to deal with important biomedical health care issues. Organ donation, managed care, the Human Genome Project, and medical technology that keeps people alive beyond their "natural" life span are some of the topics it illuminates through case analysis and resolution. Since almost all textbooks in bioethics omit the religious dimension of life (even though the field was inspired and stimulated by religious scholars at Princeton and Yale), this is an indispensable volume. It is the perfect supplement to the existing literature on bioethics.To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Author Biography

Jack Hanford is Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Ethics at Ferris State University in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Kenneth L. Vaux
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(1)
The Technical-Ethical Distinction	2	(1)
Provide a Framework	3	(4)
Framework: Advancing Moral Reasoning Toward a Faith Perspective	7	(10)
The Relationship Between Moral Development and Faith Development	17	(10)
Kohlberg and Morality	19	(1)
Fowler and Faith	19	(3)
Similarities Between Kohlberg and Fowler	22	(2)
Differences Between Kohlberg and Fowler	24	(1)
Conclusion	25	(2)
Is the Faith of Faith Development Christian Faith?	27	(14)
Question	29	(1)
Response	30	(11)
A Therapeutic Christian Bioethics	41	(4)
A Public Faith	45	(4)
Religion, Values and Public Life, and Biomedical Ethics	45	(1)
The Inclusion of Public Religion in Biomedical Ethics in America	46	(3)
Public Faith and Religion, Medical Ethics, and Transplants	49	(8)
Mental Health and Managed Care	57	(10)
Pellegrino's Faith Perspective	58	(1)
Managed Care	59	(1)
Issues and Strategies	59	(3)
An Update on Ethics in Managed Care for the Twenty-First Century	62	(3)
Conclusion	65	(2)
Ethics in Genetics: The Human Genome Project	67	(6)
Faith and Medical Technology: Toward an Ethics for Medical Technology	73	(12)
Introduction	73	(1)
Nineteenth Century	74	(2)
Twentieth Century	76	(2)
Use of the Technical-Ethical Distinction	78	(5)
Conclusion	83	(2)
A Faith Perspective on the Elderly in Bioethics	85	(18)
History	85	(2)
Constructive Theories from William James, Kohlberg, and Fowler	87	(4)
A Sample Course on Biomedical Ethics and Aging	91	(11)
Conclusion	102	(1)
Bioethics for Pastors from a Faith Perspective	103	(16)
Problems for Christianity and the University	104	(1)
The Need for Authentic Profession in Ministry and Health Care	105	(2)
Discerning the Effectiveness of Ministry	107	(3)
Pastors and Physician-Assisted Suicide or Death	110	(2)
Pastors and Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)	112	(3)
The Pastor and the Consent Procedure	115	(2)
Conclusion	117	(2)
Bioethics for Nurses from a Faith Perspective	119	(8)
Is the Nurse a Professional?	120	(4)
Faith Perspective	124	(1)
Does Faith Contribute to Effective Practice?	125	(1)
Conclusion	126	(1)
Conclusion	127	(4)
References	131	(12)
Index	143