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JAN.
18, 2005
RELIGION &
SOCIETY
Who has the right to end a life?
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• Arthur Dyck, Harvard University professor of population ethics, argues
against assisted suicide. Contact 617-495-5742 (does not use email).
• Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College theology professor, has written about
Catholic and Protestant perspectives on euthanasia. Contact 617-552-3890, Lisa.Cahill@bc.edu.
• George Annas, Boston University professor of health law, bioethics and
human rights, is an expert on euthanasia and court decisions. Contact 617-638-4626,
annasgj@bu.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor, has
written about finding common ground in the assisted-suicide debate, the definition
of death and the ethics of withdrawing treatment from babies and adults. Contact
215-898-7136, caplan@mail.med.upenn.edu.
• James Hoefler, Dickinson College political science professor, has written
about terminal dehydration as an alternative to physician-assisted suicide and
moral decisions about tube feeding for severely demented patients at the end
of life. He hosts a web
site on the topic. Contact 717-245-1311, hoefler@dickinson.edu.
• Sylvia Law, professor at New York University School of Law, distinguishes
between euthanasia and assisted dying, which she supports. Contact 212-998-6265,
sylvialaw@aol.com.
• Tom Beauchamp, Georgetown University professor of philosophy, edited
Ethical Issues in Death and Dying (Prentice Hall, 1996). Contact 202-687-7487,
beauchat@georgetown.edu.
• Rita Simon, an American University professor of justice, law and society,
co-authored Euthanasia and the Right to Die: A Comparative View (Rowman
& Littlefield, 1999). Contact 202-885-2965, rsimon@american.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
• Jonathan
Moreno, University of Virginia biomedical ethics professor, has written about
the controversy surrounding physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. Contact
434-924-8274, jdm8n@virginia.edu.
• Dixon Sutherland, Stetson University professor of religion and ethics,
has written about the search for a legal and ethical basis for physician-assisted
suicide. Contact 386-822-8931, dsutherl@stetson.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• John Hardwig, University of Tennessee philosophy professor, is the author
of Is There a Duty to Die? & Other Essays in Medical Ethics (Routledge,
2000) Contact 865-974-3255, jhardwig@utk.edu.
• Stella Capek, Hendrix College sociology professor, has studied the right-to-die
movement in the United States. Contact 501-450-1308, capek@hendrix.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Kathryn Rettig, professor of family social science at the University
of Minnesota, has looked at the values underlying end-of-life decisions. Contact
612-625-7745, krettig@che.umn.edu.
• Cathleen Kaveny, University of Notre Dame law and theology professor,
has focused on vulnerable populations in her writing about assisted suicide.
Contact 574-631-7844, M.Cathleen.Kaveny.1@nd.edu.
• Gerald McKenny, University of Notre Dame professor of Christian ethics,
has written about a Protestant perspective on physician-assisted suicide. Contact
574-631-7811, Gerald.P.McKenny.4@nd.edu.
• The Rev. John Kavanaugh, St. Louis University philosophy professor, has
looked at human identity and "the ethics of killing." Contact 314-977-2588,
kavanasj@slu.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Donald Messer, professor of practical theology, Iliff School of Theology,
has focused on helping Christians debate assisted suicide. Contact 303-765-3132,
dmesser@iliff.edu.
• Daniel McGee, Baylor University ethics professor, has written about a
"Believers' Church" perspective on euthanasia and physician-assisted
suicide. Contact 254-710-6316, Daniel_Mcgee@baylor.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Courtney Campbell, Oregon State University philosophy professor,
has focused on the Latter-day Saints and medical ethics, as well as hospice
and assisted suicide. Contact 541-737-6196, ccampbell@oregonstate.edu.
• Darien Fenn, professor in the psychiatry department at Oregon Health
Sciences University, has studied the attitude of Oregon psychologists toward
physician-assisted suicide and the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Contact 503-685-9357,
fennd@pipeline.com.
• Linda Ganzini, professor of psychiatry and medicine at Oregon Health
Sciences University, surveyed 2,500 Oregon physicians and 500 hospice workers
about patients' experience of assisted suicide. Contact by email only, Ganzini@ohsu.edu.
• Joel Zimbelman, a California State University religious studies professor,
has written on legal decisions and public opinion informing the debate over
the removal of life-sustaining treatment, assisted suicide and euthanasia. Contact
530-898-4741, jzimbelman@csuchico.edu.
• Rabbi Elliot Dorff, University of Judaism bioethics professor, has focused
on the Jewish perspective on assisted death. He is the author of Matters
of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics (Jewish Publication
Society, 1998). Contact 310-440-1255, edorff@uj.edu.
(Ed. note: The University of Judaism merged with Brandeis-Bardin to become American
Jewish University in 2007.)
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