title: Medical ethics--a Christian view.
abstract: All ethics has a religious dimension. This paper considers how specific Christian insights concerning death, suffering, human nature and human creatureliness can help to expose more fully the moral issues at stake in some of the dilemmas faced by doctors. It ends by acknowledging the crushing burden of decision-making which rests on many in the medical profession, and indicates the importance of religious resources in dealing with this.
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D002835:Christianity; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D028725:Theology; D026712:Value of Life