Aging, death, and the quest for immortality / edited by C. Ben Mitchell, Robert D. Orr & Susan A. Salladay.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Horizons in bioethics seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2004.Description: xii, 198 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802827845 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 4435 .A345 2004
Contents:
The experience of aging. A personal perspective / Vernon Grounds -- A theologians's perspective / R. Geoffrey Brown -- A geriatrician's perspective / John Dunlop -- Ethical issues in aging. Does gray hair cause gray answers : ethical issues in an aging population / Robert D. Orr -- Age-based rationing of life-sustaining health care / John F. Kilner -- Neuropsychological aspects of aging and their implications for decision-making among the elderly / Robert W. Evans -- Dementia : inclusive moral standing / Stephen G. Post -- Caring for the aging. Local church ministry to and through older adults / Gregory Waybright -- The virtues of talk therapy / Stephen P. Greggo -- Palliative care : suffering and healing at the end of life / Jackie Cameron -- The quest for immortality / C. Ben Mitchell -- Reflections on disability, life, and God / Linda L. Treloar -- In search of the philosopher's clone : immortality through replication / William P. Cheshire Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The experience of aging. A personal perspective / Vernon Grounds -- A theologians's perspective / R. Geoffrey Brown -- A geriatrician's perspective / John Dunlop -- Ethical issues in aging. Does gray hair cause gray answers : ethical issues in an aging population / Robert D. Orr -- Age-based rationing of life-sustaining health care / John F. Kilner -- Neuropsychological aspects of aging and their implications for decision-making among the elderly / Robert W. Evans -- Dementia : inclusive moral standing / Stephen G. Post -- Caring for the aging. Local church ministry to and through older adults / Gregory Waybright -- The virtues of talk therapy / Stephen P. Greggo -- Palliative care : suffering and healing at the end of life / Jackie Cameron -- The quest for immortality / C. Ben Mitchell -- Reflections on disability, life, and God / Linda L. Treloar -- In search of the philosopher's clone : immortality through replication / William P. Cheshire Jr.

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