Bioethics at the Bedside

Plenary Speakers

Thursday, July 18

• When Patients Demand Too Much or Allow Too Little for Religious Reasons - Robert Orr, MD
• The Public Policy Context of Bedside Bioethics: A Domestic Assessment - C. Everett Koop, MD
• A European Assessment - Henk Jochemsen, PhD

Friday, July 19

• Multi-Professional Teams, Challenges and Opportunities - Carol Taylor, RN, PhD
• Quality of Life and Other End-of-Life Challenges - David Schiedermayer, MD
• The Theological Context of Bedside Bioethics - Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD

Saturday, July 20

• Spiritual and Social Needs at the Bedside - Mildred Best, MDiv, MSS
• Professional Right of Conscience and Patient Informed Consent - Teresa Collett, JD
• The Needs of the Patients vs. The Needs of Others - Edmund Pellegrino, MD

Parallel Papers

Friday, July 19

• Medical Futility - Dale Erickson, MD
• Year of the Zebra: A Personal Case Study - Karen Kelroy, MS
• Bioethics and the Church - Jennifer Lahl, BSN, MA
• A Rabbi, a Priest, and a Mantra - Brad Mellon, PhD
• Bioethics and Public Policy - Daniel McConchie, MA
• Public Health Ethics: A Case Study - Isaac Voss
• Organs from Non-Heart-Beating Donors - Nancy Guilfoy Valko, RN
• Living Donor Transplantation - Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
• Biblical Ethics and Ageism - Brent R. Kelly, PhD (cand.)
• Dementia Care: Whose Ethics? - Alma Labunski, PhD, MS, RN
• Developmental Factors Impacting Bio-ethical Decision Making at the Bedside: Counseling Towards Wisdom - Stephen P. Greggo, PsyD

Saturday, July 20

• Toward a Biblical Response to Medical Mistakes - John Dunlop, MD
• Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness - Cindy Province, RN, MSN
• How Ethical Theories Can and Do Affect Governmental Policies - Mary Adam, MD
• Exemplar of Caring: A Nurse and Her Patient - Linda Treloar, PhD
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Janice Lyons, RN
• The Physician-Pastor-Patient Relationship as an Aid to Right Medical Choices - Hugh A. Clarke, MD
• Death as Deliverance: Euthanatic Thinking in Germany ca. 1890-1933 - J. Daryl Charles, PhD
• Supporting a Person to Die with Dignity - Duane Schmutzer, RN, MSN
• The New Eugenics and the Newborn - David Mortimer, MDiv
• Presenting a Curriculum Concerning Infertility, Stem Cell Research, and Cloning - Ronald Crock, MD

Courses

• Intensive Bioethics Institute - Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD
• Advanced Bioethics Institute - John Kilner, PhD and David Fletcher, PhD
• Ethics Committee and Consultants Institute - Robert Orr, MD and David Schiedermayer, MD
• Undergrad/Pre-Med Bioethics Institute - Joyce Shelton, PhD
• Wrap-Around Conference Graduate Course - Claretta Dupree, RN, PhD
• Wrap-Around Conference Undergraduate Course - Joyce Shelton, PhD
• Making a Difference through Bioethics Seminar - C. Ben Mitchell, PhD