The Christian Stake in Dignity & Dying

2nd Annual Summer Conference

July 13-15, 1995

Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL

The Experience of Dying - Greg Waybright, PhD; Arlene Miller, PhD; and David Schiedermayer, MD
Human Dignity - Ravi Zacharias, PhD and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD

Central Themes: Suffering and Quality of Life - Marsha Fowler, PhD
Central Themes: Autonomy and the Right to Die - Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD
Limiting Health Care: Forgoing Treatment - John F. Kilner, PhD
Limiting Health Care: Medical Futility - C. Christopher Hook, MD
Euthanasia: The Dutch - Henk Jochemsen, PhD
Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Debate and Public Forum - Geoffrey Fieger, JD and Edmund Pellegrino, MD

Physicians Discuss End-of-Life Issues - Thomas Beam, MD and Robert Orr, MD
Nurses Discuss End-of-Life Issues - Mi Ja Kim, PhD
Clergy Discuss End-of-Life Issues - Fred Chay, DMin
Lawyers and Public Policymakers Discuss End-of-Life Issues - Paige Cunningham, JD
Educators Discuss End-of-Life Issues - Francis Beckwith, PhD
Tough Terminal Cases: Christian and Secular Approaches - Rebecca Pentz, MD
A Biblical Approach to Treating Dying Patients - John Dunlop, MD
Definitions of Death and the Meaning of Personhood - B. Holly Vautier, MDiv
Theological Foundations for Death and Dying Issues - Dennis Hollinger, PhD
The Matrix of the Mind and Physician-Assisted Suicide - Robert Evans, PhD
Some Reservations about Suicide - A.A. Howsepian, MD
The Death and Dying Ethics of the Film Outbreak - R. Geoffrey Brown, PhD
Biblical Submission and Terminal Care - Peter Jaggard, MD
Intractable Suffering: A Biblical Model for the Standard of Care - James Reitman, MD
Home Healthcare: A Dialogue - Leslie Coomer, MDiv

Primary Care Physicians and Managed Care - Don Buckley, MD
Playing God with Life and Death: A Case Consultation - Julia Emblen, PhD; et al.
Does Paul Condone Assisted Suicide in Philippians 1:21-26? - Donal P. O'Mathuna, PhD
Oregon's Physician-Assisted Suicide Law: A National Model? - William Petty, MD
Euthanasia, Capital Punishment and "Mistakes are Fatal" Arguments - Douglas Blount, MD
The Multi-Society Task Force on the Persistent Vegetative State - A.A. Howsepian, MD
Patient Comprehension of Advance Directives - Peter Jaggard, MD
Hospice Care: An Alternative to Euthanasia - Hessel Bouma III, PhD
The Impact of Physician Preference and Belief on Terminal Care - Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Euphemisms and Euthanasia: Lessons from Nazi Medicine - C. Ben Mitchell, PhD
Faithfulness in the Face of Death - Allen Verhey, PhD
Teaching Bioethics - John Feinberg, PhD, et al.