Using the Bible as a Basis for Medical Ethics
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Reprinted from Luke’s Journal (CMDF Aus) Feb 2001. Allan Day (MD, DPhil, DSc, BTh) is Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne and Senior Academic Fellow, Ridley College, Since retiring from the Chair in Physiology in 1988 he has been active in the interaction between Science and Christian Belief having been until the end of 1999 Exec Sec of ISCAST (Vic). He currently conducts a course on Science and Christian Belief at Ridley College and together with his wife Joan attends St Hilary’s Anglican Church at Kew.
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