- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: IVP (16 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0851115888
- ISBN-13: 978-0851115887
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 593,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What medical science can do and what it ought to do - or ought not to - impinges upon our personal lives, our families and our society.
In this book, John Wyatt examines issues surrounding the beginning and end of life against the background of current medical-ethical thought. Writing out of a deep conviction that the Bible's view of our humanness points a way forward, he suggests how Christian healthcare professionals, lay people and churches can respond to the challenges and opportunities that confront us.
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Today's healthcare dilemmas in the light of Christian faith
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are confused about Christian attitudes to bio-ethics read this brilliant book. Clearly and sensitively, with reference to empirical studies and philosophical debate, this book separates the great successes of modern medicine from its excesses.
A simple but insightful paradigm is developed to distinguish the two: human beings, says Wyatt, are liked flawed masterpieces. Rather than treat human beings as lego-kits, medics and scientists should preserve and restore us as an art curator would a masterpiece.
A simple but insightful paradigm is developed to distinguish the two: human beings, says Wyatt, are liked flawed masterpieces. Rather than treat human beings as lego-kits, medics and scientists should preserve and restore us as an art curator would a masterpiece.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Continuing on from the new insights that Professor Wyatt brought to the Contemporay Christianity series of lectures he has developed his thought to produce an outstanding book. This work is an invaluable resource for doctors or lay people struggling with the issues at the beginning and end of life. It is clear that Dr Wyatt is a commpassionate doctor struggling at the frontline of these problems.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A brilliant guide through stormy ethical waters by someone who really knows what they're talking about!
29 Nov 2009
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Putting cards on the table now: Am a friend of John Wyatt, as we are members of the same church, and IVP asked me to write an endorsement for this new edition of the book, which I was very happy to do. But that shouldn't divert from the fact that this really is an excellent book! I'm not just saying that because i was asked to! This is what I wrote:
"The experience of shrill headlines and some scientists' over-reaching claims can be bewildering at the best of times. But when that feeling is coupled with the vague unease that ethical boundaries have been crossed, it is a great relief to know that wise guides like John Wyatt are at hand. I am immensely grateful for the new edition of this book. Skilfully combining the insights of a scholar (he is Professor of Ethics and Perinatology at University College Hospital, London), the compassion of a practising doctor and the nuanced convictions of a mature Christian, Wyatt is uniquely qualified to write it. His style is readable and fluent, but never superficial or sloganeering.
Because he takes care to tackle difficult ethical questions head-on, applying biblical wisdom and drawing on a wide range of case studies (some of which derive from his own professional experience), I cannot recommend this book enough, to medical professional and concerned onlooker alike."
This is quite simply the best thing I've read on these issues. So check it out!!
"The experience of shrill headlines and some scientists' over-reaching claims can be bewildering at the best of times. But when that feeling is coupled with the vague unease that ethical boundaries have been crossed, it is a great relief to know that wise guides like John Wyatt are at hand. I am immensely grateful for the new edition of this book. Skilfully combining the insights of a scholar (he is Professor of Ethics and Perinatology at University College Hospital, London), the compassion of a practising doctor and the nuanced convictions of a mature Christian, Wyatt is uniquely qualified to write it. His style is readable and fluent, but never superficial or sloganeering.
Because he takes care to tackle difficult ethical questions head-on, applying biblical wisdom and drawing on a wide range of case studies (some of which derive from his own professional experience), I cannot recommend this book enough, to medical professional and concerned onlooker alike."
This is quite simply the best thing I've read on these issues. So check it out!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Thoroughly interesting, but hard-going
I read this book whilst training in 'Christian pregnancy skills'. I found the book useful on all issues of life and death, conception, 'trying for a baby' and living with... Read more
Published 11 months ago by ah
A 21st Century Classic
I also have gladly done a cover commendation for this unique distillation of wisdom from many years of both clinical medical practice and costly Christian discipleship, because it... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dr. Trevor G. Stammers
CLEAR, CONCISE, COMPASSIONATE
This is a brilliant book which puts complex issues in clear language. The clarity with which Prof Wyatt writes is enviable and extremely helpful to those of us grappling with end... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2009 by Moley
Extraordinary
It is difficult to do justice to this book in a short review. I had the privilege of hearing Professor Wyatt in person at a Faraday Institute lecture, and read this book... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by E. Danielyan
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