Intellectuals
can also
do much to build a new culture of human life.
A special task falls to Catholic
intellectuals, who are called to be present
and active in the leading centers where culture is formed, in schools and
universities, in places of scientific and technological Research, of
artistic creativity and of the study of man.
Allowing their talents and activity to be nourished by the living force
of the Gospel, they ought to place themselves at the service of a new culture of
life by offering serious and well documented contributions, capable of
commanding general respect and interest by reason of their merit. ...A
specific contribution will also have to come from Universities, particularly from Catholic
Universities, and from Centres, Institutes and Committees of Bioethics.
of the Bioethics Resource Center The
Bioethics Resource Center ·
Provides lectures,
workshops, and conferences for professionals in healthcare and related
fields, and for the general public. ·
Maintains a collection
of audio-visual resources for community use. ·
Provides consulting
services to healthcare facilities and professionals. ·
Provides assistance to healthcare
facilities in the establishment of ethics
committees. Since its
establishment in 1987 Janine Marie Idziak,
Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at
Loras College, has served as director of the Center.
Dr. Idziak received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of
Michigan (1975) and subsequently earned a M.A. in theology from the University
of Notre Dame (1989). During the
summer of 1997 she participated in a ten week summer institute at Dartmouth
College on the ethical, legal, and social implications of the Human Genome
Project, funded by the National Institutes of Health.
She is a member of the House of Delegates of the American Association of
Homes and Services for the Aging and
has served on AAHSA’s Commission on Ethics in Long-Term Care.
She is the author of Ethical
Dilemmas in Allied Health and Ethical
Dilemmas in Long-Term Care. Loras College Faculty Associates Mary Lynn Neuhaus, J.D.
Associate Professor of Communication Arts Rev. Mark Ressler, S.T.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Community Advisory Board Eileen McSperrin, R.N. Mercy Medical
Center, Dubuque, IA Ann E. Michalski, M.A.
Gannon Center and City Council Member, Dubuque, IA Rev. David Pacholke, M.Div., Th.M..
Director of Pastoral Care, Finley Hospital, Dubuque Sue Reilly, R.N., B.S.P.A., Faculty,
Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta, IA Jacquelyn Roth, B.A., M.T.(A.S.C.P.), I.C.P. Epidemiologist,
Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Dolores Ullrich, OSF, M.A.
Administrator, Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque, IA Barbara Zoeller,M.S.N. Director,
Hospice of Dubuque, IA The Center has
received grants from
·
William
C. Brown Publishing, Dubuque, IA, for the purchase of
videotapes (1988).
·
Medical
Associates, Dubuque, IA, for Rev. Michael Place,
speaker for the conference Health Care Ethics: The Work of the Catholic Community (1990). ·
Health
Care Ethics: The Work of the Catholic Community,
for the sesquicentennial celebration of Loras College, April 5-7, 1990.
Plenary session speakers included: *
Rev. Russell E. Smith, S.T.D. (Director of Education and Associate
Director of
Research, Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Center in Braintree, MA),
Pastoral Medicine:
An Offspring of the Church. *
Rev. Michael D. Place, S.T.D. (Theologian for the Curia of the
Archdiocese of
Chicago and chair of the archdiocesan Medical Ethics Commission), Euthanasia:
Ethical and Public Policy Considerations. *
Rev. James F. Bresnahan, S.J., J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. (Professor of Clinical
Medicine and Co-director
of the Ethics and Human Values in Medicine Program
at
Northwestern University Medical School), Appropriate
Care of the Dying. *
Rev. John Boyle, Ph.D. (School of Religion, University of
Iowa), Whether We
Live or Die, We Are the Lord’s.
*
Msgr. Charles Fahey (Director of the Third Age Center, Fordham
University),
Death and Dying in Long-Term Care: Is the Agenda the Same as in Acute
Care? *
Most. Rev. John McGann, D.D. (Bishop of Rockville Center, New York), Building
Bridges in a Community of Hope.
*
Brian O’Toole, Ph.D. (Director of Ethics, Mercy Health Services,
Farmington
Hills, Michigan), Ethics Committees
in the Third Millennium.
*
Rev. James F. Bresnahan, S.J., J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus,
Northwestern University Medical School),
An Affirmative Response to Proposals for
Legalizing “Inflicted Death” as Medical Treatment of the Dying:
Making Effective
Palliative Medicine a Feature of Medical Care Not Only for the Dying. Guest Lectures
·
James Pattee, M.D. (University of
Minnesota Medical School), Ethical Issues
in Long-Term Care: Selected Case Studies.
February 26, 1991. Special Courses ·
Health
Care for the Elderly: Facing Ethical Dilemmas offered
in conjunction with the Church Ministry Institute of Loras College, Manchester,
IA, Fall 1989. Workshops offered at Loras College ·
Medical
Treatment: Who Decides?
March 8, 1988. ·
Artificial
Nutrition and Hydration: Ethical, Legal, and Religious Guidelines
March 29, 1988. ·
Caring
for the Dying A series of workshops, Spring 1993 Making
Choices about Life-Sustaining Treatments: The Ethical Principles Physician
Assisted Suicide: Have We Failed in Caring for the Dying?
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The Current Debate. ·
Towards
Better Care of The Dying November 3, 1994. Co-sponsored by the Ethics
Committee of Mercy Health Center, Dubuque. ·
Intensive
Workshop on Nursing Ethics: Issues in Death and Dying
November 20, 1995 ·
Making
Ethical Decisions about Futile Medical Treatments
December 4, 1995. ·
Helping
Caregivers Make Ethical Decisions about Life-Sustaining Treatments
December 4, 1995. ·
Everyday
Ethics in Long-Term Care December 16, 1996. ·
The
Challenge of Resistant Organisms May 20, 1999.
Co-sponsored by Finley Hospital, Dubuque, and the Dubuque Regional
Healthcare Ethics Committee. ·
Death
and Dying in America The Response of Healthcare Providers
A series of four workshops Septemer
10-13, 2000. ·
Death
and Dying in America The Response of the Faith Community
A series of foru workshops September
10-13, 2000. Service to Healthcare Facilities and Agencies The Center’s
director has served on the following boards
and committees within the Dubuque community: ·
Board, Mercy Medical Center
1992-present. ·
Board of Directors, Stonehill Care
Center/Franciscan Services 1996-present. ·
Ethics Committee, Mercy Medical Center
Member, 1989-92; chair, 1993-99. ·
Institutional Ethics Committee, Mercy
Medical Center 1999-present
·
Clinical Ethics Committee, Mercy Medical
Center 1999-present. ·
Ethics Committee, Stonehill Care
Center/Franciscan Services 1986-present. ·
Consultant, Ethics Committee, Bethany
Home. 1991-present. ·
Planning Committee, Learning Caregiving.
1995-97. ·
Advisory Committee for Sexual Abuse,
Sisters of St .Francis of Dubuque. 1995- present. ·
Dubuque Regional Healthcare Ethics
Committee. Chair, 1998-present. Educational Programming The Center’s
director has given educational programs which have served various healthcare
facilities and services. These educational programs have included: ·
Workshops for the management team of Mercy
Health Center, Dubuque Towards
a Deeper Understanding of the CatholicChurch June 6, 1990 Catholic
Social Teaching and Health Care September 18, 1990 An
Introduction to Healthcare Ethics March 20, 1991 The
Patient Self-Determination Act, Advance Directives for Health Care, and Related Issues
in
Clinical Medical Ethics November 11, 1991 Catholic
Social Teaching, Catholic Identity in Healthcare, and Values Based
Decisionmaking April 16, 1993. ·
The
Patient Self-Determination Act and Advance Directives for Healthcare Administrative
staff of Dubuque area long-term care facilities October 8, 1991 Nursing
staff of Amicare, Dubuque, IA October 23, 1991 Sponsorship
Committee, Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, IA November 5, 1991 Nursing
staff of Hospice of Dubuque, IA November 6, 1991 Staff
of Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque, IA November 21, 1991; May 5, 1994. Staff
of Julien Care Facility, Dubuque, IA January 20, 1992; October 21, 1993;
September
21, 1994. Volunteers
of Hospice of Dubuque, IA January 23, 1992. ·
1994
Revision of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care
Services Board
of Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, IA, March 16, 1995 Sponsorship
Committee of Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, IA, April 18, 1995 Board
of Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque, IA, April 19, 1995. ·
Topical Presentations to Ethics Committees Ethical
Principles for Issues in Death and
Dying Finley Hospital, Dubuque, IA
November 10, 1995 Ethical
Issues in Pain Management Joint meeting of the ethics committees of
Bethany
Home and Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque, IA, November 11, 1995. Medical
Futility and DNR Orders Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, IA, April 17,
1996. Ethical
Issues in Managed Care, presented for members of ethics committees at the
Catholic healthcare
facilities in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Waterloo, IA,
January
24, 1997. Physician
Assisted Suicide: Recent Trends in the Debate
Northeast Iowa Regional
Ethics Committee, Oelwein, IA, April 9,
1997. Ethical
Issues in the New Genetics, presented for members of the ethics committees
at
the Catholic healthcare facilities in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Waterloo, IA,
April 24,
1998. Pain
Management; Confidentiality; and
The Future of Ethics Committees:
Organizational
Ethics Northeast Iowa Regional Ethics Committee, Oelwein, IA
May 27,
1998. Risk
Taking in Resident Care Bethany
Home, Dubuque, IA September 22, 1998. Cultural
and Religious Perspectives on Pain Management Joint meeting of the ethics
committees of Bethany Home and Stonehill Care Center,
Dubuque, IA, October 10, 1998. Panelist,
Changing Role of Long-Term Care
Joint meeting of the ethics committees
of Bethany Home and Stonehill Franciscan Services, Dubuque, IA
November 20,
1999. ·
Euthanasia
and the Living Will, Hospice of Dubuque, May 26, 1988. ·
Pain
Management, for the staff of Stonehill Care Center,
Dubuque, IA, February 24, 1994. ·
The
Ethics of End of Life Treatment Decisions, for the
staff of Sunnycrest Manor, Dubuque, IA, March 6, 1996. ·
Research
Ethics presented for the CME program, Mercy
Health Center, Dubuque, IA, September 24, 1997. ·
Ordinary/Extraordinary
Treatment: Where Do We Go From Here?” Four
presentations for the Covenant Health System, May 11, 1999
* Medical Staff, Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, IA. *
Nursing Staff,
Allied Health
Staff, and Pastoral Care
Staff, Mercy Hospital
of Franciscan Sisters, Oelwein, IA.
* Medical Staff, Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Oelwein, IA.
* Nursing Staff and
Pastoral Care Staff, Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, IA. ·
A
Fair and Just Workplace Independence, IA, December 7, 1999.
A workshop on unionization in healthcare presented for senior management
of Catholic healthcare facilities in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, the leadership
of sponsoring religious communities, and senior staff of the Archdiocese of
Dubuque. Establishment of Ethics Committees ·
Calvin Manor, Des Moines 1991, 1993-94 ·
Crestridge, Maquoketa, IA 1993-94 ·
Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters,
Oelwein, IA for the Northeast Iowa Regional Ethics Committee 1995 ·
Presbyterian Village Care Center, Ackley,
IA 1998 ·
Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, IA
1998-99 ·
Area Residential Care, Dubuque ·
Bethany Home, Dubuque ·
Dubuque Nursing and Rehab Center, Dubuque ·
Ennoble Manor Care Center, Dubuque ·
Galena-Stauss Hospital and Nursing Care
Facility, Galena, IL ·
Heritage Manor, Dubuque ·
Hospice of Dubuque ·
Manor Care Health Services, Dubuque ·
Orchard Manor, Lancaster, WI ·
Sunnycrest Manor, Dubuque Commission Memberships and Consulting Positions ·
Since 1988 the Center’s director has
served as chair of the Medical-Moral Commission
of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa.
A major project of the Commission is the ongoing production of Church
Teaching on Health Care Ethics A
Handbook of Policies for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. ·
Since 1996 the Center’s director has
served as Health Care Consultant for
the Archdiocese of Dubuque. ·
The Center’s director served as a
consultant to the Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque, IA, for revision of the
congregation’s advance directive forms. 1998-99. ·
Assisted
Reproductive Technologies (ART) Moral
Principles of the Catholic Tradition High
school level educational program (Dubuque, IA: Archdiocese of Dubuque,
2000). Pamphlets ·
Treating
Infertility and Assisting Reproduction Guidance from the Catholic Moral
Tradition (Dubuque, IA: Archdiocese of Dubuque,
2001). Educational Programming ·
How
to Start an Ethics Committee, and Why and The Problem of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration presented at a
retreat for the administrators and chaplains of the Lutheran Association of
Nursing Homes in Iowa, Strawberry Point, IA, November 12, 1988. ·
Member of program committee and presenter
for Health Care Ethics: Church Teaching and Pastoral Ministry, clergy convocation for the
Archdiocese of Dubuque, June 11- 14, 1990. ·
Ethical
Issues in Death and Dying and Advance
Directives, Motherhouse of the Sisters
of the Presentation, Dubuque, IA, July 19, 1990. ·
Co-presenter with Fr. John Boyle
(University of Iowa School of Religion) of a workshop on healthcare ethics for a
joint meeting of the Catholic bishops and major superiors of religious
communities in the State of Iowa, New Melleray Abbey, Peosta, IA
October 10-11, 1990. ·
Presentation on healthcare ethics for a
meeting of Catholic Charities, Waterloo, IA, March 22, 1991. ·
Co-presenter, Ethical
Issues in Death and Dying, for pastoral associates in the Archdiocese of
Dubuque, Waterloo, IA, April 16, 1991. ·
Co-presenter, Ethics
of Suicide, CCD class, Sacred Heart Church, Monticello, IA, October 23,
1991. ·
The
Patient Self-Determination Act and Advance Directives for Health Care
presented for
the annual clergy luncheon at Mercy Health Center, Dubuque , IA, November 8,
1991. ·
Co-presenter,
Advance Directives, New
Melleray Abbey, Peosta, IA November 18, 1991. ·
Advance
Directives for Health Care presented at the Evangelical Free
Church, Platteville, WI, October 4, 1992. ·
The
Perspective of the Churches on Death and Dying: Comparative Religious
Perspectives presented at Choices
in Death and Dying: A Religious Perspective, Dubuque, IA, November 15, 1992. ·
Ethical
Issues in Long-Term Care presented for area clergy at
Luther Manor as part of national pastoral care week, Dubuque, IA, October 26,
1993. ·
Care
of the Dying presented at the annual clergy luncheon
at Mercy Health Center, Dubuque, IA, October 27, 1993. ·
Church
teaching on death and dying, Theresians, Dubuque, IA, December
3, 1993. ·
Some
Reflections on the Spirituality of Death and Dying,
Serra Club, Dubuque, IA February 23,
1994. ·
Presentation on death and dying issues and
advance directives for the Stephen Ministry program at the First Congregational
Church, Dubuque, IA, March 29, 1994. ·
Presentation on the care of the dying to
senior citizen groups at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bellevue, IA, October 21,
1994. ·
Catholic
Moral Teaching on Reproductive Technologies
presented to the Infertility Support Group, Resurrection Church, Dubuque, IA
April 18, 1995. ·
Euthanasia
and Assisted Suicide and The
1994 Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services for
pastoral care staff of Catholic healthcare facilities in the Archdiocese of
Dubuque, Cedar Falls, IA, October 13, 1995. ·
When
Patients/Residents and Caregivers Disagree about Medical Treatment,
presented for the staff of the infirmaries of the Catholic religious communities
in Dubuque, IA, October 18, 1995. ·
Healthcare
Ethics: Issues at the End of Life Diaconate
Formation Program, Archdiocese of Dubuque September
14, 1996. ·
Issues
in reproductive and genetic medicine; issues in social ethics and healthcare,
Diaconate Formation Program, Archdiocese of Dubuque October 12, 1996. ·
Issues
in Death and Dying: Ethical and Pastoral Perspectives, Waterloo,
IA, jointly sponsored by the three
hospitals in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA as part of national pastoral care week,
October 23, 1996. ·
Forgoing
Life-Sustaining Treatments, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide
CCD class, St. Joseph’s Church, Sinsinawa, WI
November 13, 1996. · |