Welcome to the NEISWANGER INSTITUTE
The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy is
dedicated to the three-fold mission of research, education, and service. The Institute
serves the students and faculty of the Stritch School of Medicine, healthcare
professionals and patients of Loyola
University Health System, and professionals from the regional community and across the
nation.
Upcoming Bioethics EVENTS...
The 7th Annual Conference on
Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics
October 9-10, 2008
Co-sponsored by
The
Catholic Health Association of the United States,
The Illinois Catholic Health
Association, and the Neiswanger
Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine.
This
conference will bring together a diverse body of scholars
including moral theologians and healthcare ethicists to discuss the social,
anthropological, and methodological foundations of contemporary Catholic healthcare
ethics, applied
conceptual resources to current problems, and confronted
moral challenges on the horizon for Catholic healthcare providers.
Featured speakers will include:
Reverend Bryan Massingale, STD
Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette
University
Carol Taylor,
RN, MSN, PhD
Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics,
Georgetown University
Conference brochures and complete schedule will be mailed in July.
Send us an email to be added to our mailing list:
rhiller@lumc.edu
CONTEMPORARY
CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE ETHICS:
Clinical, Social and
Global Concerns
Click
here to download
the
presentation files
and watch the
video streams from the February 28-29, 2008 conference.
Click here
for complete Calendar of Bioethics Events
Bioethics Institute
HIGHLIGHTS...
The
First Annual
Dr.
Walter Neiswanger
Memorial Lecture
presented an evening discussion with
Sister
Helen Prejean
“Dead Man Walking:
The Journey Continues”
on
April 15, 2008
Visit our
Video/audio archive webpage to view the entire discussion with
Sister Helen Prejean.
Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD
and Lena Hatchett, PhD will be presenting at the
Health Disparities and Social Justice Conference on May 2, 2008
at
DePaul University (Chicago, IL):
"Skills Building Workshop:
Integrating Public Health and Social Justice Teaching in Law,
Nursing, Medicine, and Bioethics"
John Hardt, PhD
will be presenting at the 32nd
Annual Conference of The National Association of Perinatal Social
Workers on May 9,
2008.
"Paging God: Managing Medical Futility and Prayers for Miracles in
Perinatology"
Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
