Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources
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Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1992
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- Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources
- Author
- Kilner, John F.
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
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- 1992
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- New
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- Soft cover
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- English
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- 0802806309
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- 9780802806307
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Ethicist 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.
Ethicist 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.
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Director of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity inBannockburn, Illinois.
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