Flourishing: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective

by Neil Messer

We use such words as "health," "disease," and "illness" all the time without stopping to consider exactly what we understand by them. Yet their meanings are far from straightforward, and disagreements over them have important practical consequences in health care and bioethics.

In this book Neil Messer develops a distinctive and innovative theological account of these concepts. He engages in earnest with debates in the philosophy of medicine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802868991
• ISBN13: 9780802868992
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"