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Bioethics and Medicine : A Short Companion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, C. Ben.
- Series:
- Essentials in Christian Ethics Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : B&H Publishing Group, 2025.
- Summary:
- In Bioethics and Medicine: A Short Companion, C. Ben Mitchell challenges the prevailing view of bioethics as solely a matter of expert problem-solving. Instead, he argues that the ethics of medicine is deeply rooted in an ancient profession with a rich moral heritage.
- Contents:
- Series Preface by C. Ben Mitchell and Jason Thacker
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to Bioethics and Medicine
- Chapter 1 The Hippocratic Oath and the Origins of Medical Ethics
- Chapter 2 The Patient as Person and the Goals of Medicine
- Chapter 3 The Physician's Covenant
- Chapter 4 Ethics at the Edges of Life
- Chapter 5 Beyond Therapy
- Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Way of Medicine
- Resources
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-0877-8889-7
- OCLC:
- 1534811205
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