Healthcare and the Common Good

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Healthcare and the Common Good

15th Annual Summer Conference

July 17-19, 2008

Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL

Plenary Speakers

Thursday, July 17

  • 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.))

Friday, July 18

  • Professionalism in Peril - Gene Rudd, MD
  • Crisis in Healthcare - 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)

Saturday, July 19

  • Medical Education's Perfect Storm - Greg W. Rutecki, MD
  • Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 1 - Dean Clancy, MS
  • Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 2 - Peter Lawler, PhD
  • Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 3 - Edmund Pellegrino, MD
  • Panel Discussion:  Dialogue on Solutions - Moderator: Robert Scheidt Dean Clancy, MS; Peter Lawler, PhD; and Edmund Pellegrino, MD

Parallel Papers

  • Sense and Sensibility:  The Bible's Metaphorical Use of the Sense (With a Nod toward Natural Law and Human Enhancement) - Robert Scheidt, MD
  • A Faith-Based Approach to Radical Life Extension - Brad F. Mellon, PhD
  • Teaching Bioethics in the Church - Heather Zeiger, MS
  • Goals for Health and Healing - Inetta A. Schuetz, MA
  • End-of-Life 101 - Jay AuWerter, MDiv
  • Bio-Banks and the Common Good - Jessica Minor, MA
  • Disability, Death, and Intervention - Jessica Minor, MA
  • Technology, Technique:  Servant or Master?  Reflections on Reading Ellul, Lewis, and Huxley - Joseph Gibes, MD
  • Biotechnology and Sport:  A Fresh Look at the Ethics of Genetically Modified Athletes - Michael Shafer, MA, PhD (Cand.)
  • Staking a Claim:  Women, Theology, and Bioethics - Sarah Flashing, MA

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 D. Yates, Jr., 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