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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe publication is both interesting for scholars dealing with the LDS church, its history, and teachings and for all those trying to gain insight into recent developments in medicine and bioethics and their relation to religion. * Franz Winter, Religious Studies Review *
This book can show Mormons the permitted spaces of medicine and what medicine should profoundly signify, informing both medical practice and patient experience. * P. Rodriguez del Pozo, CHOICE *
The publication is both interesting for scholars dealing with the LDS church, its history, and teachings and for all those trying to gain insight into recent developments in medicine and bioethics and their relation to religion. * Franz Winter, Religious Studies Review Vol 48.4 *
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Moral Realities of Latter-day Saint Ethics Chapter 1. Faith, Medicine, and Healing Chapter 2. Creating Life: New Conceptions Chapter 3. The Wisdom of Prevention Chapter 4. Back to the Future: Genes, Disease, and Future Generations Chapter 5. Gifts of Life: Organ and Tissue Donation Chapter 6. Born Dying Chapter 7. Dying Well: Life Endings and Medical Assisted Death Chapter 8. Public Bioethics: Abortion and Medical Marijuana Epilogue. An LDS Case for Universal Health Care Appendix A. LDS Ecclesiastical Statements on Biomedical Ethics Issues Bibliography Index
