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The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

Foundations of Bioethics

These resources provide an introduction to the core concepts, methodology, and history of bioethics.

  • Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
  • Cameron, Nigel M. de S. The New Medicine. Chicago: The Bioethics Press, 2001.
  • Eckenwiler, Lisa A., and Felicia G. Cohn, eds. The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
  • Engelhardt, Tristram H., Jr. The Foundations of Bioethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • __________. The Foundations of Christian Bioethics. Salem, MA: M & M Scrivener, 2000.  ***
  • Frame, John M. Medical Ethics: Principles, Persons, and Problems. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.
  • Furrow, Barry R., Thomas L. Greaney, Sandra H. Johnson, Timothy S. Jost, and Robert L. Schwartz. Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics. 6th ed. Los Angeles: West Group, 2008.
  • Harris, John, ed. Bioethics. Oxford Readings in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Hauerwas, Stanley. Suffering Presence: Theological Reflections on Medicine, the Mentally Handicapped, and the Church. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986. ***
  • Jecker, Nancy S., Albert R Jonsen, and Robert A. Pearlman. Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice.  2nded.  Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2007.
  • Jonsen, Albert R. The Birth of Bioethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Kuhse, Helga, and Peter Singer, eds. Bioethics: An Anthology. Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006.
  • Mappes, Thomas A., and David DeGrazia. Biomedical Ethics. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
  • Meilaender, Gilbert.  Bioethics: A Primer for Christians.  2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004. ***
  • Munson, Ronald. Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics. 8th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007.
  • Pence, Gregory. Medical Ethics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
  • __________. Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped and Define Medical Ethics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
  • __________. Re-creating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
  • Rae, Scott and Paul M. Cox. Bioethics: A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. ***
  • Schaeffer, Francis A., and C. Everett Koop. Whatever Happened to the Human Race? Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1983. ***
  • Shelly, Judith Allen. Dilemma: A Nurse's Guide for Making Ethical Decisions. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980.
  • Sugarman, Jeremy and Daniel P. Sulmasy, eds. Methods in Medical Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001.
  • Vaughn, Lewis.  Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Out of Print

  • Granberg-Michaelson, Karin. In the Land of the Living: Health Care and the Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. ***
  • Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical/Medical Ethics: The Christian and the Practice of Medicine. Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1985. ***
  • Veatch, Robert M. The Basics of Bioethics. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2003.
  • Verhey, Allen D. The Practice of Piety and the Practice of Medicine: Prayer, Scripture, and Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids: Stob Lecture Endowment, 1992. ***

Surveys in Bioethics

These resources address bioethics from particular perspectives and provide individual views and commentary on bioethical issues.

  • Beauchamp, Tom. L., LeRoy Walters, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Anna C. Mastroianni.  Contemporary Issues in Bioethics.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007.
  • Frame, John M. Medical Ethics: Principles, Persons, and Problems. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.
  • Jonsen, Albert. Bioethics Beyond the Headlines. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
  • La Puma, John, and David Schiedermayer. Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1994.
  • May, William F. The Physician's Covenant: Images of the Healer in Medical Ethics. 2nd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000.
  • Mohrmann, Margaret E. Medicine as Ministry. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1995.  ***
  • Pierce, Jessican and George Randels. Contemporary Bioethics: A Reader with Cases. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Ramsey, Paul. Ethics at the Edges of Life. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.
  • __________. The Patient as Person. 2nd ed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002.
  • Rothman, David. Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making. Piscataway, NJ: Aldine Transaction, 2003.
  • Shelly, Judith Allen, and Arlene B. Miller. Values in Conflict: Christian Nursing in a Changing Profession. Downers Grove: IVP, 1991. ***
  • Singer, Peter and A.M. Viens, eds. The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Snyder, Graydon F. Tough Choices: Health Care Decisions and the Faith Community. Elgin, IL: Brethren, 1988. ***
  • VanDrunen, David. Bioethics and the Christian Life: A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions.  Wheaton: Crossway, 2009. ***

General Christian Ethics including Bioethics Material

  • Davis, John Jefferson. Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today. 3rd ed.
  • Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2004. ***
  • Feinberg, John S., and Paul D. Feinberg. Ethics for a Brave New World. Wheaton: Crossway, 1993.  ***
  • Rae, Scott.  Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009. ***

Out of Print

  • Beckwith, Francis, and Norman L. Geisler. Matters of Life and Death: Calm Answers to Tough Questions About Abortion and Euthanasia. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. ***
  • Blocher, Mark. Vital Signs: Decisions That Determine the Quality of Life and Health. Chicago: Moody, 1992.
  • Bouma, Hessel, III, Douglas Diekema, Edward Langerak, Theodore Rottman, and Allen Verhey. Christian Faith, Health, and Medical Practice. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989. ***
  • Hollman, Jay. ed. New Issues in Medical Ethics. Bristol, TN: Christian Medical and Dental Society, 1995. ***
  • Jones, D. Gareth. Brave New People: Ethical Issues at the Commencement of Life. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985. ***
  • Orr, Robert D., David L. Schiedermayer, and David B. Biebel. Life and Death Decisions. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1990.
  • Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical Healing for Modern Medicine: Choosing Life and Health or Disease and Death. Augusta, GA: Covenant Enterprises, 1993.  ***
  • __________. Making Biblical Decisions. Escondido, CA: Hosanna House, 1989. ***
  • Schemmer, Kenneth E. Tinkering with People. Wheaton: Victor, 1992.
  • Schiedermayer, David. Putting the Soul Back in Medicine. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. ***
  • Shelly, Judith Allen. Dilemma: A Nurse's Guide for Making Ethical Decisions. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980.

Bioethics Collections

These resources are composed of anthologies and multi-author works addressing a wide range of bioethics topics.

  • Eckenwiler, Lisa A. and Felicia G. Cohn, eds. The Ethics of Bioethics. Baltimore: MA: John Hopkins University Press, 2007.
  • Kilner, John F., Nigel M. de S. Cameron, and David L. Schiedermayer, eds. Bioethics and the Future of Medicine: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. ***
  • Kilner, John F., C. Christopher Hook, and Diann B. Uustal. Cutting Edge Bioethics: A Christian Exploration of Technologies and Trends. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. ***
  • LaFollette, Hugh, ed. Ethics in Practice. 3rd ed.  Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006.
  • Lammers, Stephen E., and Allen Verhey, eds. On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. ***
  • Land, Richard D., and Louis A. Moore, eds. Life at Risk: The Crises in Medical Ethics. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995.
  • Rogers, John, ed. Medical Ethics, Human Choices: A Christian Perspective. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1988.
  • Wagner, Viqi. Biomedical Ethics. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008.

Out of Print

  • Allen, David E., Lewis P. Bird, and Robert Herrmann, eds. Whole-person Medicine: An International Symposium. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980.
  • Brown, Ian L., and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, eds. Medicine in Crisis: A Christian Response. Edinburgh: Rutherford House, 1988. ***
  • Schneider, Edward D., ed. Questions about the Beginning of Life: Christian Appraisals. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985. ***

 

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Updated November 2009