John Kilner
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Cutting Edge Bioethics A Print On Demand Title
$27.99Add to cartThis new book 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 and controversial work in biomedicine-xenotransplantation, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, and more-and evaluate from a Christian perspective both the science and the ethical questions it raises. Designed to orient general readers to the current 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.
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Reproduction Revolution A Print On Demand Title
$33.99Add to cartWithin the high-paced, highly controverted field of bioethics, the most hotly debated issues center on sexuality, reproducitve technology, and the family. This new volume from the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity provides a thought-provoling appraisal of the wthical dimension of the reproductive revolution from a Christian perspective. Thirty scholars and medical practitioners discuss some of teh most pressing topics related to human reproduction.
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Basic Questions On The End Of Life Decisions
$7.99Add to cart1. Foundational Issues
2. Decision-Making Issues
3. Termination Of Life Support
4. Suffering
82 PagesAdditional Info
The choices that we make throughout life are products of what we value. And the value we place on human life will determine the way we treat ourselvfes and others throughout the end-of-life process. Now, more than ever, Christians need to address the crucial questions pertaining to the end of life. Some of the questions answered in this work include
-“How do I adequately prepare for the dying process?
-“Should I consider organ donation?”
-“How can I cope with suffering that God doesn’t relieve”
-“Do I hve a right to determine my medical treatment?”
-“If I remove life support, am I responsibke for the death?”Advances in medical technology have blessed many with longer and healthier lives, but they have also provided us with interventions and procedures that call for serious ethical evaluation. The BioBasics Series is committed to an uncompromising respect for human life that will serve as a compass through a maze of challenging questions.
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Life On The Line A Print On Demand Title
$35.99Add to cartEthicist John Kilner draws on biblical materials to develop a basic ethical approach for dealing with difficult end-of-life situations and the allocation of limited medical resources. Arguing that a biblically based medical ethics must be God-centered, reality-bounded, and love-impelled, Kilner grapples honestly with the personal and social dilemmas that arise in the face of death. Topics covered include euthanasia, suicide, quality of life, living wills, and the distribution of vital treatments.
