The religious and theological questions are clearly related to the science and the ethical issues. Knowledge, as uncertain as it may be, can affect ones present and future self-understanding, ones relation to society and the transcendent.
This knowledge has a price, not only the potential harms to patients and families, but also to money spent that in justice should have been given to meet health care needs that we can do something about. The Alzheimers Association, Institute on Aging and Am College of Human Genetics & AM Society for Human Genetics all recommend against using APOE for risk assessment for AD. I think that same reasoning holds true when applied to todays findings. --Philip J. Boyle
Brief Biographical Sketch:
Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., is Professor and Associate Director for Educational Programs, Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Post has served as Senior Research Scholar in the Becket Institute at St. Hughs College, Oxford University.
He received his Ph.D. in philosophical and religious ethics from the University of Chicago (1983), where he was an elected university fellow. Dr. Post is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer's Disease International. He serves on the National Ethics Advisory Board for the Alzheimer's Association, and was presented with the special recognition award by the American Geriatrics Society for service on its Ethics Committee (2001).
He was recognized for distinguished service by the Associations National Board for educational efforts in bringing ethical issues to Association Chapters and famil
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Contact: Brent Waters
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Science and Religion Information Service
18-Jun-2001