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| A LIVING THOMISM FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM |
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Suffering and Hope Conference, November 10-13, 2005
 An interdisciplinary conference on the ideas underlying the medical specialty of palliative and hospice care. The University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies celebrated its 25th anniversary with a conference that will brought together experts from a number of fields – philosophy, theology, medicine, nursing, law, literature and art – to put forward a positive view of suffering in the divine scheme, of the importance of affirming life, of regarding dying as a natural process, and of seeking neither to hasten nor to postpone death. Information regarding the conference is listed below. |
Online Papers
- Patrick Lee, Body-Self Dualism and Euthanasia
- Janet Smith, The Human Person as the Subject of Suffering: The Values of Having, Doing, vs. the Values of Being
- David Brown, "Human Dignity", Human Rights and the End of Life: The North Wind Blowing from
- Jason T. Eberl, Recognizing the Value of Suffering in Caring for Terminally Ill Patients
- John F. X. Knasas, Aquinas and the Cry of Rachel
- Mary Lemmons, Suffering and Transcendence
- Aaron Somerville, Can Suffering Have an Ethical Value?
- Sr. Madeleine Grace, CVI, Magnanimous Virtue: The Fruit of Redemptive Suffering
- View the Keynote Speakers CVs
- Read the Texas Catholic Herald article on the conference
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Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Eduardo Bruera, M.D., Head of Palliative Care Unit at M.D. Anderson, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
- Teresa S. Collett , Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas, School of Law, St. Paul, MN
- Dr. Maureen L. Condic, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
- Dr. Patrick Lee, Professor of Philosophy, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
- Dr. Janet Smith, Fr. Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Issues, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI
Download the Abstracts for Contributed Papers
For more information on this conference contact:
Christopher Martin
Center for Thomistic Studies
University of St Thomas
3800 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, Texas, 77006 U.S.A.
or by e-mail to martincf@stthom.edu |
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