Children, Theology, and Bioethics

Auteur

Jessica Bratt Carle is a Presbyterian minister, pediatric chaplain, and clinical ethicist.

Texte du rabat

"When it comes to children, bioethics has primarily focused on one thing: their lack of autonomy. Through theological insight into vulnerability, dependence, and agency, Jessica Bratt Carle, a pediatric chaplain and clinical ethicist, invites readers to attune and respond more fully to children in the moral landscape of healthcare"--

Contenu

Introduction

Chapter 1: Situating Pediatric Patients in Clinical Ethics

Chapter 2: A Theological Response to Secularized Bioethics

Chapter 3: Vulnerability: Multivalent Susceptibilities and Possibilities

Chapter 4: Dependence: Human Norm, Not Deficit

Chapter 5: Agency: Modes of Expression and Influence

Chapter 6: Childhood as Lifelong Vantage Point