religion, science, and public policy Simmons, Paul D. creator text bibliography gau Macon, Ga Mercer University Press c2008 2008 1st ed. monographic eng

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293 p. ; 23 cm. Human suffering and the medical mandate -- False hope : faith and healing in the icu -- Health care and the future : faith perspectives and healthcare reform -- Aging as an assault on human dignity : spirituality and end-of-life decision-making -- Religion, politics, and a right to die -- Faith and the future of physician-assisted suicide -- Ethics and the artificial heart : cyborgs and the human future -- Ethics and CTA : might we have your face? -- Religion, ethics, and the great embryo stem cell debate -- Faith, ethics, and abortion : thinking about the unthinkable -- Medicine and the demonic : should psychiatrists engage in exorcisms? -- Appendices. Paul D. Simmons. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index. Suffering Religious aspects Baptists Health Religious aspects Baptists Medical care Religious aspects Baptists Medical ethics Decision making Christian ethics Baptist authors Religion and science BT732.7 .S58 2008 201/.7621 9780881460858 (paperback : alk. paper) 0881460850 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2007051524 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007051524.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip087/2007051524.html DLC 150206 20250312111135.0 15115426