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Some Good Books on Bioethics

(excluding euthanasia and abortion)

Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed (Ed.) Bioethics: Ethics in the Biotechnology Century
(Kuala Lumpur: Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia, 2002)

Alcorn, Randy, ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments (Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, 2000)

Barnes, Peter, Open Your Mouth for the Dumb: Abortion and the Christian
(Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1984)

Beer, Dominic M., Christian Choices in Healthcare (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995)

Brand, Paul W., Is Life Really Sacred? (London: Christian Medical Fellowship, 1973)

Brand, Paul and Yancey, Philip, The Gift of Pain (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993,1997)
______, Escape From Pain (London: Christian Medical Fellowship, 1975, 1977)

British Medical Association, Our Genetic Future: The Science and Ethics of Genetic Technology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992)

Brown, Harold O.J., Death Before Birth (Nashville, TEN: Thomas Nelson, 1977)

Cahill, Lisa Stowle, Genetics, Technology, and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Conversation (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2005)

Cameron, Nigel M. de S., The New Medicine: Life and Death After Hippocrates
(Wheaton IL: Crossway Books, 1991)

Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, On Human Embryos and Stem Cell
Research: An Appeal for Legally Responsible Science and Public Policy. http://www.stemcellresearch.org/statement.htm

Christian Medical Fellowship, Submission to the Human Genetics Advisory Commission and the Human Fertilisation & Embryo Authority: Cloning Issues
in Reproduction, Science and Medicine http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/submissions/clone.htm
___________, Infertility Treatments, Nucleus, January 2003
http://www.cmf.org.uk/nucleus/nucjan03/infert.htm
___________, The Morning After Pill, Triple Helix, Spring 2001
http://www.cmf.org.uk/helix/spr01/pill.htm
___________, Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cells, CMF Files No.12
http://www.cmf.org.uk/cmffiles/clonstem.htm

Christian Medical & Dental Society, CMDS Ethical Statement-Reproductive

Technology http://www.cmds.org/Ethics/3_2.htm

Clark, David K. & Rakestraw, Robert V., Readings in Christian Ethics, Volume 2: Issues and Applications (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996)

Coward, Harold G, Lipner, J, Young, Katherine, Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion and Euthanasia (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989)

Davies, Eryl, Human Cloning: Right or Wrong? (New York: Evangelical Press, 2003)

Davis, Jefferson J., Abortion and the Christian (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1984)

Feinberg. John S. & Feinberg Paul D., Ethics for a Brave New World (Wheaton,
Ill: Crossway Books, 1993)

Finkel, Elizabeth, Stem Cells: Controversy at the frontiers of Science (Sydney: ABC
Books, 2005)

Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology
Revolution (London: Profile Books, 2002)

Gardner, R.F.R., Abortion, The Personal Dilemma (Exeter: Paternoster
Press, 1972)

Geisler, Norman L., Christian Ethics: Options and Issues (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1990)

Goodall, Janet and Sanders, Keith, Changing World-Unchanging Values: Christian Faith in Medical Practice (Cambridge: International Christian Medical and Dental Association, 1998)

Gorman, Michael J., Abortion & the Early Church (Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity
Press, 1982)

Graduate Christian Fellowship, Abortion and the Value of Human Life (Singapore: Graduate Christian Fellowship, 1987)

Green, Joel B. The Gospel of Luke, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids,MI: Eerdmans, 1997)

Harris, John, On Cloning (London: Routledge, 2004)

Hemsley, Jeff Lane ed., The Zero People (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1983)

Holland, Suzanne, Lebacqz, Karen; Zoloth, Laurie.ed, The Human Embryonic Cell Debate (Cambridge, Mass: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)

Hoffmeier, James K., Abortion: A Christian Understanding and Response (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1987)

Hui, Edwin C., ed., Christian Character, Virtue & Bioethics. Proceedings of the 1996 Clinical Bioethics Conference (Vancouver: Regent College, 1996)
________, At the Beginning of Life: Dilemmas in Theological Bioethics (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002)

Jackson, Douglas M., Human Life and Human Worth (London: Christian Medical Fellowship, 1970)

Jayasooria, Denison, ed., Community Caring: A Strategy for Meeting Needs in Your Community (Petaling Jaya: Malaysian CARE, 1987)

Jones, Gareth D. et al, Respect for Life: A Symposium (London: Christian
Medical Fellowship,1984)
_____________.., Brave New People (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1984)
_____________., Manufacturing Humans (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1987)
_____________., Valuing People : Human Value in a World of Medical Technology (Carlisle, Cumbria: Paternoster, 1999)

Kilner, John F., Young, Frank E., and Pentz, Rebecca D., Genetic Ethics (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997)
_____________.,Hook, Uustal, Cutting-Edge Bioethics: A Christian Exploration of Technologies and Trends (Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2002)

Klotzko, Judith A., A Clone of Your Own? The Science and Ethics of Cloning (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004)
_____________ (ed.), The Cloning Sourcebook revised (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
Koop, Everett C., The Right to Live; the Right to Die (Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale, 1976)
_____________., and Schaeffer, Francis A., Whatever Happened to the Human Race? (Westchester, Ill: Crossway, 1983)

Land, Richard D., and Moore, Louis A., Life at Risk: The Crisis in Medical Ethics (Nashville, Ten: Broadman & Holman, 1995)

National Council of Churches of Singapore, A Christian Response to the Life Sciences (Singapore: Genesis, 2002)

Montgomery, John Warwick, Slaughter of the Innocents (Westchester, Ill: Crossway, 1981)

Morgan, G. Campbell, Studies in the Prophecy of Jeremiah (Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell, 1994)

Mitchell, Ben C., The Challenges of Infertility: A Biblical Framework for Responding Appropriately (The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity) http://www.cbhd.org/resources/reproductive/mitchell_2003-12-19_print.htm

O’Donovan, Oliver, The Christian and the Unborn Child (Nottingham:Grove, 1986)

Pence, Gregory E. ed., Flesh of My Flesh: The Ethics of Cloning Humans (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998)

Peterson, James,C., Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmanns, 2001)

Powell, John., Abortion: The Silent Holocaust (Allen, Texas: Tabor Publishing, 1981)

Report of the Bioethics Advisory Committee Singapore, Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Human Stem Cell research, Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning ( Singapore: Bioethics Advisory Committee, 2002)
___________., Genetic Testing and Genetic Research ( Singapore: Bioethics
Advisory Committee, 2003)

Religious Tolerance.org, When Does Human Personhood Begin?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_when.htm
____________, Human Embryos and Fertility Clinics: Are Pro-lifers Ignoring the
Real Problems?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_inco.htm
____________, Human Stem Cells http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem1.htm
____________, Therapeutic Cloning: How it is done; possible benefits
www.religioustolerance.org/clo_ther.htm
____________, Stem Cell Research: All side to the dispute
www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm

Schluter, Michael, Cambridge Paper Group, Christianity in a Changing World: Biblical Insight on Contemporary Issues (London: Marshall Pickering, 2000)

Shelly, Judith Allen, Dilemma : A Nurse’s Guide for Making Ethical Decisions
(Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 1980)

Society, Religion and Technology Project, Human Stem Cell Patents would be
Unethical http://www.srtp.org.uk/stempat1.htm
____________, Therapeutic Uses of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells
http://www.srtp.org.uk/clonin50.htm

Singer, Peter., Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1994)
____________ Kuhse, Buckle, Dawson, Kasimba, Embryo Experimentation (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1990)
___________ Writings on an Ethical Life (New York: Ecco, 2000)

Sproul, R.C., Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue (Colorado Springs, Co: Navpress, 1990)

Steward, Gary P. et al., Basic Questions on Sexuality and Reproductive Technology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1998)
________, Demy, J.Timothy (eds.), Genetic Engineering: A Christian Response,
Crucial Consideration for Shaping Life (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel,1999)
________, The Sanctity of Human Life (The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity)
http://www.cbhd.org/resources/bioethics/stewart_spring-1999_print.htm

Stirrat, Gordon M., Legalised Abortion- The Continuing Dilemma (London: Christian Medical Fellowship, 1979)

Stott, John, New Issues Facing Christians Today (London: Marshall Pickering, 1999)

Toffler, Alvin, Future Shock (New York: Bantam, 1970)
___________, The Third Wave (New York: Bantam, 1980)

Walmsley, Jane & Margolis, Jonathan, Hot House People: Can We Create Super Human Beings? (London: Pan, 1987)

Watson, James, DNA: The Secrets of Life (London: Arrow Books,2003)

Watts, Fraser, ed., Christians and Bioethics (London: SPCK, 2000)

Whitehead, John W. ed, Arresting Abortion: Practical Ways to Save Unborn Children. The Rutherford Report. Vol. 4 (Westchester, ILL: Crossway Books, 1985)

Wilmut, Ian; Campbell, Keith; Tudge, Colin, The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2000)

Wyatt, John, Matters of Life and Death (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1998)

|posted 10 June 2006|

Crichton, Michael 2006, NEXT (New York: HarperCollins Publishers)

|posted 19 December 2006|

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