The Christian Stake in Bioethics

1st Annual Summer Conference

May 19-21, 1994

Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL

The State of the Question: Bioethics Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow - Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD and David Schiedermayer, MD
The Ethics of Physician Income and Health Care Reform - David Schiedermayer, MD
Who Lives? Who Dies? Rationing and Health Care Reform - John F. Kilner, PhD

Classical, Biblical, and Traditional Ethics in the Current Development of Medical Ethics - Harold O.J. Brown, PhD
Deontologists, Consequences, and Ethical Decision-Making - John S. Feinberg, PhD
In Defense of Whole-Brain Definitions of Death - A. A. Howsepian, MD
On the Principle of Double Effect - Paul D. Feinberg, PhD
The Neglect, Misinterpretation, and Misunderstanding of Spiritual and Religious Commitment in the Clinical Sciences - David Larson, PhD
Abortion: Responsibility and Moral Betrayal - Christine Pohl, PhD
Bioethics in the Shadow of Nietzsche - Stephen Williams, PhD
Luther’s ‘Freedom of the Christian’ and Patient Autonomy - Allen Verhey, PhD

The Medical Profession in Modern Society: The Importance of Defining Limits - Henk Jochemsen, PhD
Decision-Making in Clinical Ethics - Robert Orr, MD
Euthanasia and the Future of Medicine - Reed Bell, MD; Henk Jochemsen, PhD; and Scott Daniels, PhD
From Personhood to Autonomy: The Shifting Philosophical and Legal Focus in the Abortion Debate - Francis Beckwith, PhD
The Future of Bioethical Method - David Fletcher, PhD
Bioethics and the Church - C. Ben Mitchell, PhD
The Role of Bioethics in U.S. Government Health Policy - Scott Daniels, PhD

Clones, Chimera, and the Imago Dei: Evangelical Exactitudes from Barthian Bioethics - Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Commercial Surrogate Motherhood: The Ethical Price - Scott Rae, PhD
The Image of God in Bioethics - Donal P. O'Mathuna, PhD
Saying the Unsaid: Quality of Life Criteria in an Evangelical Sanctity of Life Principle - Jerome Wernow, PhD
Bioethics and a Biblical Vision of a Good Society - Richard Langer
Doing Bioethics: Distinguishing Christian Ethics, Pastoral care, and Public Policy - Dennis Hollinger, PhD
Darwin's Method and His Doubt: Reclaiming the Christian Stake in Bioethics - Eric Kunkel, PsyD
The Faithful Physician - Loreen Herwaldt, MD
Medical Ethics and Ministry - Ronald DiNunzio, DMin
The Right to Die in the Light of Contemporary Rights-Rhetoric - J. Daryl Charles, PhD
Against Advance Directives - A.A. Howsepian, MD
Medical Practice and the Ethics of Evangelism - Donald Wood, MD

Should a Physician Be Value-Neutral? - John Peppin, DO
Advance Directives: A Step Forward? - Peter Jaggard, MD
Christian Care in the Context of Organ Donation - Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Bioethics and Christians in Europe - Stephen Williams, PhD; Henk Jochemsen, PhD; and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD
Abortifacient Vaccines: Technological Update and Christian Appraisal - Lawrence Roberge, MS
Post-Abortion Syndrome: Fact or Fiction - Stephanie Smith, PhD

ST 780 Bioethics Seminar: The Christian Stake in Bioethics - John F. Kilner, PhD
ST 780 Life and Death Decision-Making: The Challenge of a Challenging Health Care System - John F. Kilner, PhD