Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources

by John F. Kilner

Book Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Ethicist John Kilner draws on biblical materials to develop a basic ethical approach for dealing with difficult end-of-life situations and the allocation of limited medical resources. Arguing that a biblically based medical ethics must be God-centered, reality-bounded, and love-impelled, Kilner grapples honestly with the personal and social dilemmas that arise in the face...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802806309
• ISBN13: 9780802806307
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"