Biomedicine and Beatitude by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco Op
How are the patient, the physician, the nurse, and the scientist called to grow in holiness in their particular vocations? This introductory text, written from within the Catholic moral tradition, narrates a bioethics that emphasizes the pursuit of beatitude in the lives of those who are confronted by moral questions raised by biomedicine and the other life sciences.
Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., is assistant professor of biology and instructor of theology at Providence College. In biology, he and his students are investigating the genetic regulation of programmed cell death in several model unicellular eukaryotes. In theology, he has published essays on bioethics and on the interaction between science and religion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813218823 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813218829 |
| Title | Biomedicine and Beatitude |
| Author | Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco Op |
| Series | Catholic Moral Thought |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Year published | 2011-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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