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Religious Coercion of Physicians: Whose Conscience Is It Anyway?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Neil Mahoney is 64 years old and has a terminal cancer with a predicted life expectancy of 4-16 months. He lives in Colorado, a state that approved an aid-in-dying law in 2016. His physician is Dr. Barbara Morris, 65, a geriatrician whom he has asked to provide him with the drugs needed to end his life. She has agreed to do just that. However, Dr. Morris works for the Centura Health Corporation, a Catholic-Adventist hospital system. Continue reading →

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Dr. Stahl presents on women’s pain panel at Conference on Medicine & Religion

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl recently attended the 2019 Conference on Medicine & Religion, held in Durham, NC. Dr. Stahl was part of a panel titled “”Ask Me about My Uterus:” Theological Responses to Women’s Pain in Contemporary Western … Continue reading →

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What happens when people express hope for a miracle in the context of medicine?

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

No Easy Answers in Bioethics Episode 12 How do patients, their families, or their caregivers express hope for a miracle in the clinical setting? How can medical professionals respond to these desires for a miracle to occur? Guests Dr. Devan Stahl, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stahl is co-editor and contributor to book on theology of Paul Tillich

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl and Dr. Adam Pryor (Bethany College) are co-editors of the book The Body and Ultimate Concern: Reflections on an Embodied Theology of Paul Tillich, published in October 2018 by Mercer University Press. Dr. Stahl also … Continue reading →

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Making Martyrs of Our Children: Religious Exemptions in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Devan Stahl, PhD On August 2, 2018, Seth Welch called 911 after finding his 10-month-old daughter, Mary Anne Welch, unresponsive in her crib. Mary was pronounced dead at … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stahl presents at Summer Institute on Theology and Disability

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

On June 14, Center Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl delivered the Jean Vanier Emerging Scholar Lecture at the Summer Institute on Theology and Disability in Raleigh, NC. Dr. Stahl was awarded this lectureship based on her dissertation work and letters … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stahl co-author of article in new ‘American Journal of Bioethics’ issue

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Authors Trevor M. Bibler (Baylor College of Medicine), Myrick C. Shinall, Jr. (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), and Center Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl have a target article in the May 2018 American Journal of Bioethics, on “Responding to Those Who … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stahl and co-authors published in ‘Journal of Pain and Symptom Management’

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl is co-author of an article published in the February 2018 issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. “Addressing a Patient’s Hope for a Miracle” was written by Myrick C. Shinall Jr. (Vanderbilt University … Continue reading →

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Gene Editing: God’s Will or God’s Won’t

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Leonard M. Fleck, PhD Give God a rest; do your own gene editing (and thinking). On August 2, 2017 the New York Times headline read, “In Breakthrough, Scientists … Continue reading →

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Disability Bioethics: How Faith and Ethics Influence Health Care

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Assistant Professor Dr. Devan Stahl recently attended and presented at the 2016 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, held in Holland, MI on May 23-26, 2016. Dr. Stahl presented on “Disability Bioethics: How Faith and Ethics influence Health Care.” Dr. … Continue reading →

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