New books on medical ethics

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (NCCS) has published two books on medical ethics in response to recent developments and debates in the media.

The first book, The Ethics of Human Organ Trading, discusses the commercialisation of human organs for life-saving transplants. It provides a Christian perspective on the ethical issues that surround the legalisation of human organ trading.

In the second book, The Right to Die? A Christian Response to Euthanasia, the ethics of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is discussed.

These books, written by Dr Roland Chia, offer lucid expositions of the positions of the NCCS on these important issues in medical ethics and serve as helpful primers for pastors, church leaders and Christians. Dr Chia is Chew Hock Hin Professor of Christian Doctrine and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Trinity Theological College and a regular contributor to Methodist Message. 

The books are available at NCCS, Trinity Theological College, Kinokuniya, MPH and at amazon.com