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The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position and, likewise, may or may not be consistent with a biblical worldview. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.

Foundations of Bioethics

New Medicine

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

Frame, John M. Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988.

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

Hauerwas, Stanley. Suffering Presence: Theological Reflections on Medicine, the Mentally Handicapped, and the Church. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986.

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

May, William F. The Physician's Covenant: Images of the Healer in Medical Ethics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.

Mohrmann, Margaret E. Medicine as Ministry. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 1995.

Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical/Medical Ethics. Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1985.

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, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1980.

Verhey, Allen D. The Practice of Piety and the Practice of Medicine: Prayer, Scripture, and Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Stob Lecture Endowment, 1992.

Surveys in Bioethics

Beckwith, Francis, and Norman L. Geisler. Matters of Life and Death. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991.

Blocher, Mark. Vital Signs: Decisions that Determine the Quality of Life and Health. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992.

Bouma, Hessel, III, et al. Christian Faith, Health, and Medical Practice. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1989.

Davis, John Jefferson. Evangelical Ethics. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1985.

Feinberg, John S. and Paul D. Feinberg. Ethics for a Brave New World. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1993.

Frame, John M. Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988.

Hollman, Jay (ed.). New Issues in Medical Ethics. Bristol, TN: Christian Medical and Dental Society, 1995.

Jones, D. Gareth. Brave New People, rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1985.

La Puma, John, and David Schiedermayer. Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1994.

Orr, Robert D., et. al. Life and Death Decisions. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1990.

Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical Healing for Modern Medicine: Choosing Life and Health or Disease and Health. Augusta: 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.

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, IL: Victor Books, 1992.

Schiedermayer, David. Putting the Soul Back in Medicine. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1994.

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

__________ and Arlene B. Miller. Values in Conflict: Christian Nursing in a Changing Profession. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1991.

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

Bioethics Collections

Allen, David E., et al. (eds.). Whole-Person Medicine. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1980.

Brown, Ian L., and Nigel M. de S. Cameron (eds.). Medicine in Crisis: A Christian Response. Edinburgh, Scotland: Rutherford House, 1988.

Cutting Edge Bioethics

Kilner, John F., C. Christopher Hook, and Dian B. Uustal. Cutting Edge Bioethics: A Christian Exploration of Technologies and Trends. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002.

Kilner, John F.; Arlene B. Miller; and Edmund D. Pellegrino (eds.). Dignity and Dying: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co.; and Carlisle, United Kingdom: Paternoster Press; 1996.

Kilner, John F.; Nigel M. de S. Cameron; and David L. Schiedermayer (eds.). Bioethics and the Future of Medicine: A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co.; and Carlisle, United Kingdom: Paternoster Press; 1995.

Kilner, John F., Rebecca D. Pentz, and Frank E. Young, (eds.). Genetic Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Genes?. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, and Carlisle, United Kingdom: Paternoster Press; 1997.

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

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

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

Schneider, Edward D. (ed.). Questions About the Beginning of Life: Christian Appraisals. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1985.

Verhey, Allen, and Stephen Lammers (eds.). Theological Voices in Medical Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.