From the early establishment of hospitals as philanthropic endeavors to the modern era of healthcare, the context and care for the patient have evolved with ever-increasing rapidity.
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s 23rd Annual Summer Conference Transformations in Care explores transformations occurring in the paradigms and practice of clinical care and clinical ethics, the rising emphasis on professionalism and spirituality, as well as prospects for the future of care through developments in precision medicine.
Conference Objectives:
- Identify the prospects and challenges for the evolving landscape of bioethical engagement within the context of shifting global and societal realities and advances in medicine and biotechnology.
- Explore & discuss the ethical implications of recent developments in medicine, science, and technology with respect to our individual and common humanity.
- Evaluate contemporary bioethical discourses in light of ethical approaches that include philosophical, religious, and other perspectives from the medical humanities.
- Promote interdisciplinary engagement on pressing bioethical issues.
Plenary Speakers
Thursday, June 16
- Framing the Discussion - Cheyn Onarecker, MD, MA
- Transformations in Care: An (Old) Physician's Perspective - Robert D. Orr, MD, CM
Friday, June 17
- Christianity and the Rise of Western Medicine - Gary B. Ferngren, PhD
- Transformations in Health Care for Better or Worse: A Nursing Perspective - Carol Taylor, RN, PhD
Saturday, June 18
- The Hidden Curriculum and the Future Socialization of Medical Professionals - Michael Balboni, PhD, ThM, MDiv
- Symposium & Respondents: Professionalism & Spirituality - Michael Balboni, PhD, ThM, MDiv, Linda R. Duncan, RN, DNP, CCRN, CNE, Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD
- Precision Medicine: The Promise and Problems of Transformational Medicine in the 21st Century - Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD
- Conference Close - Paige C. Cunningham, JD, PhD (Cand.)
Parallel Papers
Friday, June 17
- The Economy of Physical Suffering - Andrew Kunick, MA
- Ethical Wills, Narrative, and the Transmission of Values - Kent Anderson, PhD
- Incapacitated Agents: A New and Increasing Dilemma in Hospital Care - Karen Smith, LMSW, PhD
- On the Potential for Dialogue between Catholic Moral Theology and Secular Principlism - John Fitzgerald, PhD
- Physician-Assisted Suicide Updates and Implications for the United States and Canada - Courtney Thiele, JD, MA
- Bioethical Implications of Edith Stein’s Philosophy of Empathy and of Death - Albert Schorsch III, PhD
- Equipoise in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patient Selection: A Challenge to Discriminating Psychosocial Eligibility Criteria - Daniel Richardson, MD, MA, with Ryan Nash, MD
- Data Collection & Ethics Consultations: Beyond Quality Improvement and Futility Studies - Mary E. Homan, MA, MSHCE, DrPH (Cand.)
- Religious Beliefs and Reproductive Counseling Practices in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - Kevin Voss, DVM, PhD
- End-of Life Care for Patients with Intellectual Disabilities - Timothy Mroweic, MA
Saturday, June 18
- Sci-Fi & Tech Assessment: What Is an Appropriate Role for Speculative Ethics in Assessing Emerging Technologies? - Michael Sleasman, PhD
- The Hippocratic Oath: Poetic, Symbolic, and Moral Interpretation - Helio Angotti-Neto, MD, PhD
- So That We Might Be Kept Alive: Towards a Bioethical Hermeneutic of Old Testament Law - Michael Cox, MA
- Physician Assisted Suicide in Oregon and Its Implications - Jacob Clough, MA, MDiv
- A Review of Data-Based Studies on Bioethics Education - Diane Enns, BS, with Aeisha Thomas, PhD
- The Hippocratic Oath as the Foundation of the Doctor Patient Relationship: Is Application of the Physician’s Moral Compass in Patient Advocacy “Conscientious Objection” or “Refusal to Provide Care”? - Donna Harrison, MD
- Hope for Youth and the Youth of Hope: Slowing Aging in Theological Perspective - Todd Daly, PhD
- The Failure of Texas’ Experimental Dispute Resolution Mechanism - John Seago, MA (Cand.)
- Results of Two Bioethics Education Surveys of Faculty from CCCU Schools - Aeisha Thomas, PhD, with Tiffany Sinclair, BS and Dianne Enns, BS
Combined Sessions
- Electronic Medical Records - Joseph Gibes, MD
- Ethical Considerations for Uterus Transplants - Paige Comstock Cunningham, JD
- Ethics of Pain Management and Addiction - Ryan Nash, MD
Courses
- Intensive Bioethics Institute (BE5100) - D. Joy Riley, MD
- Advanced Bioethics Institute (BE6500) - Michael J. Sleasman, PhD
- Basic Bioethics for Professionals Institute (BE476x) - Joyce Shelton, PhD
- Bioethics National Conference Course (BE5900) - Hans Madueme, MD, PhD
- Post-Conference Seminar - Bioethics in Film & Fiction Seminar - Christina Bieber Lake, PhD
1-Day Preconference Workshops
- Emerging Biotechnology Workshop | Led by David Prentice, PhD
- Pediatric Ethics Workshop | Led by Ferdinand D. Yates, MD & Elizabeth Hensley, MD
Themed Workshops
- Born Inferior? | Hosted by Americans United for Life with Anna Paprocki, JD
- Should There be Limits on Conscientious Refusals in Healthcare? | Hosted by The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity with Cheyn Onarecker, MD, MA
- Crispy and CRISPR—Embryos Made to Order | Hosted by The Charlotte Lozier Institute with David Prentice, PhD
- Organ Procurement Theories and Sacredness of Life in the ICU | Hosted by Christian Medical & Dental Associations with Allen H. Roberts II, MD, MDiv, FCCP, FACP
- Eugenics and Transhumanism in the Modern Age: The Pursuit of Biological “Perfection” at What Cost? | Hosted by Family Research Council with Arina Grossu, MA
- Quality of Life and the Statistical Outlier: On Caring in the Industrial Age | Hosted by Joni & Friends with Kathy McReynolds, PhD
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