Science in Two Minds: Reflections on the Missional Disunity Within Contemporary Medicine
While recent advances in molecular genetics have provided stunning insight into the pathological basis of many inherited diseases, deep fissures have emerged between medical subdisciplines concerning the best ways to use such information. On the one hand, traditional fields such as pharmacology use...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-375 |
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| Summary: | While recent advances in molecular genetics have provided stunning insight into the pathological basis of many inherited diseases, deep fissures have emerged between medical subdisciplines concerning the best ways to use such information. On the one hand, traditional fields such as pharmacology use knowledge of disease mechanisms during their search for better medicines to assist those struggling with genetic disease. Yet other disciplines seemingly prefer to focus on the mutational analysis of DNA collected from the unborn, recommending termination of fetuses judged vulnerable to disease. This article proposes that the rising acceptance of the latter practices suggest modern hospitals have taken one of the most unfortunate turns in medical history. Informed by personal encounters which revealed the frosty stance pediatric hospitals can now adopt toward families affected by inherited disease, the author explores the possibility that prospects for pharmaceutical innovation and intelligent drug use decline as medicine distances itself from Christian commitments to the dignity of every human life. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-4195 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christian bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/cb/cbu027 |