Care of Severely Impaired African-American Newborns: Reflections from the Black Church Tradition

September 14, 2021 -
8:00am to 9:00am

Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series

Patrick T. Smith, MA, MDiv
Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics
​Duke Divinity School

Abstract: This talk raises questions concerning care of severely impaired African-American newborns with a limited life expectancy from the perspective of African-American Christian theology and spirituality. It highlights the impact of racism and socioeconomic status as a partial explanatory hypothesis with respect to the disparities regarding health outcomes among African-American women and their babies. Moreover, it highlights some of the spiritual and theological resources that can inform thinking about the moral status of those babies in this vulnerable group and the medical decisions that follow.

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Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Department of Religious Studies, and Palliative and Supportive Institute of UPMC

 

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