Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon   Editorial Coming soon CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Coming soon ORIGINAL ARTICLES Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Diseases and MMR Vaccine for the Christian Healthcare Professional Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH, MA (Bioethics), FIDSA, FAAFP [Open Access] BOOK REVIEWS Coming soon

Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon   Editorial Christian Perspectives on Brain Death Adam Omelianchuk, PhD and Allen H. Roberts II, MD, MDiv, MA (Bioethics) CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Coming soon ORIGINAL ARTICLES Determining Death in a Fallen World: Some Orthodox Christian Reflections Mark J. Cherry, PhD Brain Death: Evangelical Perspectives Cheyn Onarecker, MD, MA (Bioethics) History and Redemption: Anglicans and the Question of Brain Death Allen H. Roberts II, MD, MDiv, MA (Bioethics) Brain Death and Organ Donation: Roman Catholic Perspectives Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD BOOK REVIEWS Coming soon

Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon   Editorial The Sacrificial Pig: Christianity and Xenotransplantation Daniel J. Hurst, PhD, ThM, MDiv, MSc and Christopher Bobier, PhD, MHHSA CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Coming soon ORIGINAL ARTICLES Xenotransplantation: The State of the Ethical Question in a Possible Protestant Position Daniel J. Hurst, PhD, ThM, MDiv, MSc and Andrew T. Walker, PhD, ThM, MDiv Hope and Awareness: The Catholic Church’s Perspective on Xenotransplantation Monica Consolandi, PhD Xenotransplantation and Human Dignity Xavier Symons, PhD Personal Identity, Xenotransplantation, and the Hard Metaphysical Questions Mihretu P. Guta, PhD The Pig that Went to Market: Xenotransplantation and the Ethics of a Xeno-Organ Market Samuel Berendes, BA BOOK REVIEWS Coming soon

Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon EDITORIAL Coming Soon FROM THE ARCHIVES Virtue in Question Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD, MBA CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Providing Care for a Depressed Patient Robert D. Orr, MD, CM, and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD, MA ORIGINAL ARTICLES  A Hermeneutical Approach to Medical Ethics Henk Jochemsen, PhD More Coming Soon BOOK REVIEWS Coming Soon

Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon EDITORIAL Coming Soon GUEST EDITORIAL Forty Years On: Launch of a Journal Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD, MBA Recollections C. Ben Mitchell, PhD FROM THE ARCHIVES New Medicine from Old Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD, MBA Life and Death and the Handicapped Newborn C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Autonomy vs. Protection: The Ethical Dilemma of Involuntary Treatment in a High-Risk Patient Alex Gariti, MA, and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD, MA Discontinuing Medical Treatment of a Minor Robert D. Orr, MD, CM, and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD, MA ORIGINAL ARTICLES  The Christian Physician Today Allen H. Roberts, MD, MDiv, MA, and Ignatius Perkins, OP, RN, PhD The Nurse Practitioner’s Oath: A Christian Hippocratic Framework for Nurse Practitioners Jesse Michael Kay, MSN, MA, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, HEC-C The Bible and Bioethics: An Evangelical Perspective Dennis P. Hollinger, PhD Read More

Table of Contents Download PDF: Coming Soon   COMMENTARY Research Note: Cognitive Enhancement Attitudes and Uptake Among Christian College Students Joel Pacyna, MA; Michael J. Sleasman, PhD; and Bryan Just, MA [Open Access] CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Ethical Guides for Sedation and Pain Management of Patients with Advanced Illness David E. Smith, MD, MA, and Ferdinand D Yates, Jr., MD, MA (Column Editor) The Lesser of Two Evils Robert Cranston, MD, MA, and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD, MA (Column Editor) ORIGINAL ARTICLES Hippocratic Resistance: Conscientious Medicine and Strategic Ethics Jonathan Butler, MDiv, MA (Bioethics) Emerging Technology and Public Health Ethics Thomas Holcombe, MD, MPH, MA A Higher Calling: Bioethical and Christian Perspectives on Medical Drone Delivery in Developing Nations Patrick Briscoe, DDS, MS Ethics of Virtual Reality at the End of Life Amber Nedreberg, MA BOOK REVIEWS Natural Law: A Short Companion David VanDrunen, B&H Academic, 2023 ISBN 978-1-0877-7541, 135 Read More

Table of Contents Download PDF:   EDITORIAL Remembering the Life and Legacy of Robert D. Orr (1941–2021) Michael J. Sleasman, PhD Pages 5–9  [Open Access] CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA A Lady with Few Directives Robert D. Orr, MD, CM; Ferdinand D.Yates, Jr, MD, MA (Bioethics) Pages 10–14 ARTICLE Transformations in Care Robert D. Orr, MD, CM Pages 14–31 TRIBUTES TO ROBERT D. ORR Doing Clinical Ethics Cheyn Onarecker, MD, MA (Bioethics) Pages 32–36  [Open Access] Robert Orr’s Legacy of Theologically Rich Clinical Ethics Leadership at CBHD John F. Kilner, PhD Pages 37–41  [Open Access] Physician Exemplar of Faith and Reason: Robert Orr, MA, CM Colleen McCormick, CRNA, MA Pages 42–46  [Open Access] In Remembrance of Robert D. Orr MD, CM: Physician, Mentor, Teacher, and Friend Gina Mohr, MD, HEC-C Pages 47–49  [Open Access] The Science and Art of Bioethics Consultation: A Tribute to the Methodology and Teaching of Robert D. Orr, Read More

Table of Contents Download PDF: EDITORIAL Bioethics and the Credibility Crisis, Part I: Diagnosing the Challenge Michael J. Sleasman, PhD Pages 5–9 [Open Access] CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Aggressive Interventions for an Infant with Thantophoric Dysplasia Sara S. Manetta, MD; Peter D. Murray, MD, MSM, HEC-C; and Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr, MD, MA (Column Editor) Pages 10–14 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Professional Integrity in Healthcare Professionals: What, Why, and How Bart Cusveller, PhD; Joanne Lassche-Scheffer, RN, MSc; Hannan van Rooij, RN, MA Pages 15–24 The Ethics of Uterine Transplant in Absolute Uterine Factor Infertility: A Review of Uterine Transplant Today from the Lens of the Belmont Report Jesse Michael Kay, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC Pages 25–40 The Moral Status of the Embryo in the Ethical Debate over In Vitro Fertilization Dennis Sansom, PhD Pages 41–53 BOOK REVIEWS Aging: Growing Old in Church Will Willimon, Baker Academic, 2020 ISBN 1540960811, 192 pages, Paperback, $21.99 (Reviewed Read More

Table of Contents Download PDF: GUEST COMMENTARY Ten Critical Ethical, Conceptual, and Clinical Cautions Concerning the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gender Dysphoria and Transgender Identification A. A. Howsepian, MD, PhD Pages 5–20 CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMA Personal Choices and Future Medical Need Robert D. Orr, MD, CM and Ferdinand D. Yates Jr., MD, MA (Bioethics) Pages 21–24 ORIGINAL ARTICLES Does the Use of Puberty-Suppressing Drugs Satisfy the Requirements of Informed Consent? J. Alan Branch, PhD Pages 25–44 Ethics and Empirical Knowledge: A Critical Ethical, Partially Detached Interpretation of Experiences of Relatives of Patients Who Received Euthanasia A. Stef Groenewoud, PhD, MSc, and Theo A. Boer, PhD Pages 45–59 Variance in Viewpoints: Protestant Perspectives on Birth Control and Assisted Reproduction Abigail Littrell, MA Pages 60–66 When I Am Vulnerable, Imitatio Dei? Nooshig Luz Salvador, MD, MA Pages 67–79 REVIEW ESSAY Review Essay: Odyssey into Post-Reality? Review of Chalmers’ Reality+ Stephen N. Williams, PhD Read More

Table of Contents

• “EDITORIAL: Bioethics by Definition” by Michael J. Sleasman, PhD [Open Access]
• “GUEST COMMENTARY: Revisiting Physician-Assisted Suicide: Reaffirming the Christian Hippocratic Legacy” by Jacob Robert Morris, MD
• “GREY MATTERS: First Principles for Medical Artificial Intelligence” by William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD
• “CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMAS: A Clash of Medical Cultures” by Robert D. Orr, MD, CM and Ferdinand D. Yates Jr., MD, MA (Bioethics)
• “CLINICAL ETHICS DILEMMAS: Religious Decision-Making in a Teenager” by Robert D. Orr, MD, CM; Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr. MD, MA (Bioethics)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• “The Pandemic, Empathy Fatigue, and Ethical Motivations: Kant on Conscience and Scotus on Love” by Dennis Sansom, PhD
• “Human Flourishing and Contentment in a Biotechnological Context” by Stephen N. Williams, PhD
• “Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy, the Embryo, and Community” by Cynthia I. Nash, MD, MA (Bioethics)
• “On the Ethics of Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Kenyan Perspective” by Everlyne Nyaboke Ombati, MSc, MBE
• BOOK REVIEWS