by Steve Ivy | May 17, 2002 | Opinion
Deaths of ancient humans were recorded with careful notation of each generation’s decreasing lifespan. Psalm 23, perhaps the most widely recited psalm, is a reflection on dying. Scripture, philosophy, legal codes and religious practices have variously described...
by Steve Ivy | Apr 18, 2002 | Opinion
Stem cell research has once again embroiled Christians in ethical debate. The remarkable potential for therapeutic interventions with stem cells is evidenced by the frequency with which bone marrow transplants save desperately ill people. Stem cell activity makes...
by Steve Ivy | Mar 22, 2002 | Opinion
Who should own health-care systems? Should market forces now control resources that have in most cultures belonged to the social covenant? What are the ethics of health-care ownership at both motivational and behavioral levels? Health-care organizations (HCOs) in the...
by Steve Ivy | Feb 21, 2002 | Opinion
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist and Lutheran churches were at the forefront of modern hospital development. They based their endeavors on a long tradition of Christian investment in healthcare dating to the foundations of Roman and Byzantine Christianity. Hospitals...
by Steve Ivy | Jan 24, 2002 | Opinion
Those whose vocations take them into the world of healthcare on a daily basis are well aware that it is an active and bubbling moral cauldron. Personal, professional, administrative, and societal decisions are loaded with passion and quandary. Although hospitals tend...
