Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997
Center for Christian Bioethics
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| Gerald Winslow, PhD (center), Faculty of Religion dean, greets guests at open house for the Centers for Christian Bioethics and Spiritual Life & Wholeness. With him are LLU president, B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, and School of Medicine dean Brian S. Bull, MD. |
The mission of the Center for Christian Bioethics is to enhance teaching, research, and service in biomedical ethics and related fields with emphasis on needs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
1997—98 academic year highlights
Moved to new offices in Coleman Pavilion, made possible by a $30,000 grant from the Thompson Charitable Foundation
Presented eight bioethics grand rounds
Co-sponsored a two-day conference on “Spirituality and Ethics in Patient Care,” featuring nine presenters from across the U.S.
Presented three annual John Bryant Wong Bioethics Essay Awards
Co-sponsored showing of “Healing by Killing,” a documentary on involvement of physicians and nurses in Holocaust atrocities
Sponsored the annual Jack W. Provonsha Lecture at the School of Medicine’s Alumni Postgraduate Convention
Invested $10,870 in books and journals for the Carolyn and Ralph Thompson Bioethics Library. This growing collection of approximately 3,000 volumes is one of the finest resources of its kind.
Prepared a resource paper for the Adventist Church on the ethical issues prompted by the possibility of cloning human beings
Prepared a resource paper for the Adventist Church on personal and corporate ethical guidelines pertinent to denominational life
Granted a summer internship in biomedical and clinical ethics
Distributed complimentary copies of Update, the Center’s eight-page news-and-views-letter, to 10,000 recipients each quarter
Submitted a collection of essays from an earlier conference titled “Bioethics and Human Destiny” to a major Christian firm for possible publication
Provided consultation services for Centura, the largest health-care delivery system in Colorado
The annual Contributors Convocation was held at Wong Kerlee International Conference Center.
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