Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients’ Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources

PUBLISHED: September 22, 1992 PUBLISHER: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source ISBN: 9780802806307

Ethicist John Kilner draws on biblical materials to develop a basic ethical approach for dealing with difficult end-of-life situations and the allocation of limited medical resources. Arguing that a biblically based medical ethics must be God-centered, reality-bounded, and love-impelled, Kilner grapples honestly with the personal and social dilemmas that arise in the face of death. Topics covered include euthanasia, suicide, quality of life, living wills, and the distribution of vital treatments.