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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

Cameron, Nigel M. de S. The New Medicine. Wheaton: Crossway, 1992. 

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.

Granberg-Michaelson, Karin. In the Land of the Living: Health Care and the Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.

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. 

Jonsen, Albert R. The Birth of Bioethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 

Kilner, John F. Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives and Allocating Vital Resources. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. 

Kuhse, Helga, and Peter Singer, eds. Bioethics: An Anthology. Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999. 

Mappes, Thomas A., and David DeGrazia. Biomedical Ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

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, 1995. 

Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical/Medical Ethics: The Christian and the Practice of Medicine. Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1985. 

Pence, Gregory. Medical Ethics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. 

__________. Re-creating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

Schaeffer, Francis A., and C. Everett Koop. Whatever Happened to the Human Race? Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1979.

Shelly, Judith Allen. Dilemma: A Nurse's Guide for Making Ethical Decisions. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980. 

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

Beckwith, Francis, and Norman L. Geisler. Matters of Life and Death. 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.

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.

Frame, John M. Medical Ethics: Principles, Persons, and Problems. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.

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.

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.

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.

Ramsey, Paul. Ethics at the Edges of Life. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978.
__________. The Patient as Person. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1970.

Rothman, David. Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making.Piscataway, NJ: Aldine Transaction, 2003.

Schaeffer, Francis A., and C. Everett Koop. Whatever Happened to the Human Race? Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1979.

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.

Shelly, Judith Allen, and Arlene B. Miller. Values in Conflict: Christian Nursing in a Changing Profession. Downers Grove: IVP, 1991.

Snyder, Graydon F. Tough Choices: Health Care Decisions and the Faith Community. Elgin, IL: Brethren, 1988.

Bioethics Collections

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.

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.

Kilner, John F., Arlene B. Miller; and Edmund D. Pellegrino, eds. Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Kilner, John F., Rebecca D. Pentz, and Frank E. Young, eds. Genetic Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Genes? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

LaFollette, Hugh, ed. Ethics in Practice. 2nd ed.  Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.

Lammers, Stephen E., and Allen Verhey, eds. On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Land, Richard D., and Louis A. Moore, eds. Life at Risk: The Crises in Medical Ethics. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995.

Munson, Ronald. Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics. 8th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007.

Pence, Gregory. Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Rogers, John, ed. Medical Ethics, Human Choices: A Christian Perspective. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1988.

Schneider, Edward D., ed. Questions about the Beginning of Life: Christian Appraisals. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985.

Verhey, Allen D., and Stephen Lammers, eds. Theological Voices in Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Updated March 2009