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Title Christian faith, health, and medical practice / by the fellows of the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Calvin College, Hessel Bouma III .. [and others] ; with editorial assistance by Jan Walhout..

Publication Info. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, [1989]
©1989

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  261.56 C555C    Check Shelf
Description xv, 400 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Faith in God and faithfulness in medicine -- Imaging God in sickness and in health -- Covenantal fidelity in a pluralist society -- The character of medicine -- Technology, tragedy, and Christianity -- Scarcity and health care : personal, public, and professional responsibilities -- On having children and caring for them : becoming and being parents -- Abortion : a covenantal view -- Genetic control and counseling -- Death and covenantal caring -- AIDS and care -- Appendix A : balancing Christian compassion and clinical detachment -- Appendix B : health-care delivery in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada -- Appendix C : the state of health throughout the world -- Appendix D : codes of ethics.
Note Cover title: Christian faith, health & medical practice.
Includes indexes.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 376-400.
Subject Health -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church.
Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church.
Medical ethics.
Christian ethics -- Reformed authors.
Reformed Church -- Doctrines.
Added Author Bouma, Hessel.
Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
Added Title Christian faith, health & medical practice.
ISBN 0802803695: $19.95
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