July 17-19, 2008
Deerfield, Illinois USA

Co-Sponsors

Christian Medical & Dental Associations    
Center for Bioethics and Culture Network    
Christian Legal Society    
Nurses Christian Fellowship    
Americans United for Life    
Trinity International University    

Plenary Speakers

• “Healthcare and the Common Good” - -Edmund Pellegrino, MD
• The Patient's Perspective: Case Study & Panel Discussion -- Moderator: Robert Orr, MD (Panelists: Sam Casey, JD; John Dunlop, MD; Pat Emery, MSN, RN; Daniel McConchie, MA; Keith Plummer, PhD (cand.))
• “Professionalism in Peril ”-- Gene Rudd, MD
• “Crisis in Healhcare” -- James Capretta, MA
• Ancillary Care Perspective: Case Study & Panel Discussion -- Moderator: Claretta Dupree, RN, PhD (Panelists: Eileen M. Clark, MS, CCLS; Pat Emery, MSN, RN; James Greear, MDiv, BCC; Rochelle Moore, MSW; Barbara White, EdD, RN, CNS)
• “Medical Education's Perfect Storm” -- Greg W. Rutecki, MD
• Symposium of Healthcare Solutions:
• “Solution 1” -- Dean Clancy, MS
• “Solution 2” -- Peter Lawler, PhD
• “Solution 3” -- Edmund Pellegrino, MD 

Courses

• Intensive Bioethics Institute -- William P. Cheshire, MD and Michael Sleasman, PhD
• Advanced Bioethics Institute -- John Kilner, PhD and David Fletcher, PhD
• A Critical Analysis of Healthcare -- Scott B. Rae, PhD
• Pre-Med/Undergraduate Bioethics Institute -- Joyce Shelton, PhD
• Wrap-Around Conference Graduate & Undergraduate Course -- Ferdinand Nick Yates, MD
• Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Biblical Justice and Fair Access to Healthcare for those with Disabilities -- Kathy McReynolds, PhD
• Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Biotechnology in Perspective -- David Prentice, PhD