This completely revised and expanded edition offers an up-to-date analysis of developments in biomedical technology of the past 10 years. James B. Nelson and Jo Anne Smith Rohricht examine the social, political, legal, and moral dimensions of abortion, human experimentation, reproductive technologies, genetics, death and dying transplants, and health care systems.
James B. Nelsonwass Professor of Christian Ethics at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has done postdoctoral study at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Before joining the seminary faculty he served parishes in Connecticut and South Dakota. Among his previous books are Human Medicine: Ethical Perspectives on New Medical Issues; and Rediscovering the Person in Medical Care. Jo Anne Smith Rohricht, graduate of Duke University, received her M.A. degree from United Theological Seminary. She serves on the United Church of Christ Advisory Board on Health and Human Services.
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition Preface to the First Edition Caring for Human Health The Christian Faith and Health What Is Health? the "Human" in "Human Being" On Caring Caring for Human Health: A Pardigm Shift The Humanity in Abortion Cases The Public Debate U.S. Policy Results: Some Statistics Worldwide Legal and Social Factors The Biomedical Consensus The Indications for Abortion Attitudes Toward Abortion: A Historical Sketch Moral Argument One: The Antiabortion Position Moral Argument Two: The Prochoice Position (Elective Abortion) Further Ethical Reflections Looking Ahead Human Experimentation Cases The Question and Its Context Research: Its Need, Its Design, Its Investigator The Ethics of Free, Informed Consent Professional Supervision and Public Policy Further Ethical Reflections Human Factors in Reproductive Technologies Cases The Past and Present of Artificial Insemination In Vitro Fertilization, Ovum Transplants, and the Use of Surrogate Mothers The Legal Factors in Reproductive Technology Weighing the Psychological Factors Social Policy Questions Theological Questions and Moral Decisions Genetics and the Control of Human Development Cases The Biological Revolution The Genetic Dilemma Genetic Counseling Genetic Screening Genetic and Fetal Therapy and Research Germinal Choice: Artificial Insemination for Genetic Improvement Sex Selection Cloning: Carbon-Copy People Further Ethical and Theological Reflections Humanizing the Dying Process Cases Contexts of the Death-and-Dying Debates How Shall We Define Death? Option One: "Stiving Officiously to Keep Alive" Option Two: Cooperating with the Patient's Dying Option Three: "Drinking the Hemlock" Death, the Law, and Public Policy The Defective Newborn Caring for the Dying Organ Transplants-Their Human Dimensions Cases The Development of Organ Transplants The "Just" Organ Transplant The Last Resort The Just Intent The Just Declaration Just Conduct: Noncombatant Immunity Just Conduct: Right Attitudes Just Conduct: Proportionality The Just End The Future of Organ Transplants Medical Care for a More Human Society Cases A Health Care Crisis? Taking Stock The Right to Health Care Allocation: A Societal Responsibility Responsible Human Medicine Notes
