End of Life

“Christian ethics, while upholding the value of life, also consider the context and conditions under which life is sustained. The critical distinction between allowing natural death and actively causing death informs the Christian stance on life support.” - C.Leaders

“In this episode of TGC Q&A, the fifth in our six-week series on faith and work, Bill Davis answers the question, ‘How should we think biblically about end-of-life care?’” - TGC

“You can’t talk about algorithms without getting some legislators nervous that what you’re doing isn’t assisting patients in better choices, but mandating their death or nudging them to choose to end their lives and save money for the healthcare system.” - W. Examiner

“We didn’t really start thinking of brain death as death until doctors at Harvard discovered that if we were to define it that way we’d be able to harvest organs for transplantation.” CT