Contact: Danielle Morrow, 847-317-8101
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) announces last minute registration for "Extending Life: Setting the Agenda for the Ethics of Aging, Death, and Immortality." "Extending Life" is CBHD's 1st conference in Phoenix, Arizona, and will be held at the Grace Inn, March 6-8, 2008. The focus of this conference will be to explore the implications of Judeo-Christian Hippocratism for end-of-life issues, as well as the emerging discussions surrounding life-extension technologies. Preconference Institutes, which include the conference, will be held March 3-6 with lectures from leading thinkers in bioethics, including William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD; Dennis Hollinger, PhD; C. Ben Mitchell; PhD, Robert D. Orr, MD; and D. Joy Riley, MD. Continuing medical education opportunities are also available
The conference program is comprised of exceptional speakers, including S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago; Gina Mohr, MD, Loma Linda; John Keown, DPhil, Georgetown University; Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, PhD, Arizona State University; Robert Orr, MD, University of Vermont; John F. Kilner, PhD, Trinity International University; and C. Christopher Hook, MD, Mayo Clinic. Specialized breakout sessions will explore issues such as "Physician-Assisted Suicide—The Vermont Experience," "Valuing Personhood in Dementia," "Neo-Natal Life Extension," and "Extending the Brain: A Neuroethical Inquiry." Other CBHD activities during this week will include (1) A public debate between S. Jay Olshansky and Aubrey de Grey (a biomedical gerontologist with the Methuselah Foundation) at the IMAX theater of the Arizona Science Center on Thursday, March 6 and (2) A special keynote dinner with Stephen P. Kiernan, author of Last Rights, on Friday, March 7.
Visit http://www.cbhd.org/conferences/2008/phoenix for updated information on the conference, debate, and keynote dinner, as well as to register, or contact Danielle Morrow at 847.317.8101 or toll free at 1.888.246.3844.
About The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is dedicated to exploring the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity. The Center exists to equip thought leaders to engage the issues of bioethics using the tools of rigorous research, conceptual analysis, charitable critique, leading-edge publication, and effective teaching.
