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PubMed2005

Bioethics and Christian theology.

The authors of this essay suggest that the field of bioethics and Christian theology have a great deal to offer each other. The authors first argue that representatives from both fields must first make sure that they fully and correctly represent their respective position. In other words, scientists, ethicists, and theologians alike must make sure that they present their fields and not use their knowledge merely for personal gain at the stake of misguiding people. Once this is established, the authors then proceed to show the intimate relationship between Christianity and medicine that has existed throughout the ages. It is a call for a continuation of such a relationship that the authors suggest between bioethics and theology. Through an integration of bioethics and Christian theology, both scientists/physicians and theologians are able to gain greater insight into the human person--a focus in both fields.

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PubMed2005

Embodiment, nursing practice, and religious faith: a perspective from one tradition.

Using a descriptive sketch of embodiment as experienced in the nursing encounter in an acute care setting, this paper examines aspects of the embodied encounter using the resources of the Christian, Reformed tradition. Offering or receiving nursing care has a spiritual dimension, and recognition of this allows care to be sensitive to and respectful of this dimension of human embodied experience. The encounter can be understood and lived out as (partially) sacramental, and understanding the sacramental quality of the the health care encounter allows both nurse and client to offer and accept dependency without a loss of dignity or humanity.

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PubMed1985

Ethics and care for the elderly.

This article uses the case of presenile and senile dementia to discuss ethical concepts that have potential to guide nursing action. The concepts of 'sanctity of life' versus 'quality of life' or 'dignity' are both unsatisfactory for directing nursing intervention whenever proxy judgment is necessary. Guidelines for action must evolve from research, the search for clinical knowledge. As an underlying attitude and additional guide the author describes a Jewish ethical perspective which defines dependence and interdependence as an essential part of human existence and accepts the inevitability of living with moral uncertainty.

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