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Bioethics And A Theology Of Vulnerability, Carrie Oneil-Smith

Obsculta

This essay looks at how a theology of vulnerability can contribute to ethical decision-making in an increasingly secular society. Relationality, power dynamics and scriptural justifications are considered, as well as early contributions made to this nascent field of Christian thought. This essay was written for a class on Health Care Ethics taught by Dr. Mary Ann Kish.

Behind The Mask Of Morality: (E)Urochristian Bioethics And The Colonial-Racial Discourse, Jennifer L. Mccurdy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The discipline of bioethics is insufficient and ineffective in addressing the persistent issues of racism and racial inequalities in healthcare. A minority of bioethicists are indeed attentive to issues such as implicit bias, structural racism, power inequalities, and the social determinants of health. Yet, these efforts do not consider the colonial-racial discourse -- that racism is an instrument of eurochristian colonialism, and bioethics is a product of that same colonial worldview. Exposing mainstream bioethicists to the work of anti-colonial scholars and activists would provide bioethicists a framework through which they would be better equipped to address issues of race through: …

Update - February 2012, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

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In this issue:

-- Cancer Stories: An Argument for Narrative Ethics
-- Dual-Degree Masters of Arts in Bioethics
-- From the Director
-- Finding a Voice for Seventh-day Adventist Ethics in the Radical Reformation?

Update - July 1998, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

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In this issue:

-- Christianity and Human Cloning - A Seventh-day Adventist Declaration of Ethical Principles
-- Cloning: Dolly's Mother is Her Sister!?
-- Hello, Dolly! Dolly! Dolly!

"Playing God": Invoking A Perspective, Allen Verhey

Pro Rege

This article is based on a paper read at the Dordt College Bioethics Conference held February 19-20, 1996.

Bioethics: Overview And Context, A Landscape Of Issues, Delmar Vander Zee

Pro Rege

This article is based on Dr. Vander Zee's opening presentation at the Dordt College Bioethics Conference held February 19-20, 1996.

Update - February 1996, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

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In this issue:

-- Adventism and Assisted Procreation: Excerpts from a panel discussion at LLU
-- Adventist Guidelines on Assisted Procreation
-- LLU offers Masters of Arts in Biomedical and Clinical Ethics

Suffering, Ethics, And The Body Of Christ: Anointing As A Strategic Alternative Practice, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

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Update - February 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

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In this issue:

[ Faith, Medicine, and Religious Liberty - Part 1, Jehovah's Witnesses ]
-- Blood Transfusions: A Patient's Right to Refuse
-- Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood Transfusion
-- Blood Transfusions: A Patient's Right to Refuse
-- A Patient's Right to Refuse Blood Transfusions: The Legal Rights of Privacy, Autonomy, and Free Exercise of Religion

-- [ Second National Conference on Health Care for the Elderly Co-sponsored by the Center for Christian Bioethics and Multidisciplinary Geriatric Council - March 1 & 2 ]

Patient Suffering And The Anointing Of The Sick, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

Anthologized in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 2nd edition. Edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998, 356-364. And in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd edition. Edited by M. Therese Lysaught, Joseph Kotva, Stephen E. Lammers, and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012, 468-474.