Health Care and Christian Ethics

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-521-05574-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: New Studies in Christian Ethics

How can Christian ethics make a significant contribution to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Robin Gill examines the 'moral gaps' in secular accounts of health care ethics and the tensions within specifically theological accounts. He explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels, identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion, care, faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics. Each of these virtues is examined in turn, using a range of topical issues including health care rationing, genetics, HIV/AIDS, withholding/withdrawing nutrition from PVS patients, and the empirical evidence which suggests a connection between religion and health. Professor Gill also argues that these four virtues are shared by other major religious and humanistic traditions and that, together with secular principles, they can enrich health care ethics even in a pluralistic society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gill, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Moral gaps in secular health care ethics; 2. Tensions in public theology; 3. Healing in the Synoptic Gospels; 4. Compassion in health care ethics; 5. Care in health care ethics; 6. Faith in health care ethics; 7. Humility in health care ethics; Conclusion; Bibliography of works cited; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gill, Robin
Robin Gill is Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology at University of Kent, Canterbury. He is series editor of New Studies in Christian Ethics and author of Churchgoing and Christian Ethics (1999).