Who library cataloguinginpublication data global health ethics. As members of health care ethics committees, chaplains play a crucial role in health care ethics reflection. Theological ethics has as an essential component or assumption the premise that what gods or god wishes or commands is what we should be or do. The bible, ethics, and health care theological foundations for a christian perspective on health care by john f. However, ethics can be religious without being theological. Theology, ethics, and the ethics of medicine and health care. Chaplains may be of assistance to health care ethics committees as. Th is book is intended as a faithbased introductory text in health care ethics geared toward college students. Establishing such a set is difficult today because of the emergence of the postmodernism which denies the existence of absolute truth, absolute moral standards, and universal ethics. Theologi cal bas is of ethics larry pettegrew professor of theology syste matic theology must serve as a foundation for any set of moral standards that pleases god and fulfills human nature. Health care ethics usa christian anthropology and health care.
Health care organizations that have a formal health care ethics committee often include a certified chaplain on that committee. The ethical theories characteristic of the traditionsofjudaism,christianity,andislam are thus theological. The bible, ethics, and health care theological foundations. Different forms of chemotherapy and radiation treatment have been tried, but they have only temporarily stalled the spreading cancer.
Th eological foundations, contemporary issues, and. As someone trained in moral theology, i thought what we meant by the ethical aspect of lifeincluding health carewas obvious. Theological foundations, contemporary issues, and controversial cases. Theological and naturalistic ethics defined the key distinction here is between theological ethics and ethics that is not theological, which we can call naturalistic for convenience. Understanding the ethical framework for catholic health care. Our goal in writing this book is to encourage moral reflection and moral discourse on ethical issues in health care rather than resorting to ready. The first right of the human person, the right to life, entails a right to the means for the proper development of life, such as adequate health care. What ought we to expect from contemporary theologians in the area of medical ethics. The study of ethics belongs primarily within the discipline of philosophy, in the sub discipline of moral philosophy, and so our account begins there. Christian theology and medical ethics springerlink. Theologi cal bas is of ethics the masters seminary.