end of life

A woman receives flowers and applause at a podium with "GBIO" signage in a conference room. Several people are standing and clapping, including one person raising their hand. The setting features red carpeting and wooden paneling."

Agents of Death: The Alinskyian Effort to Manage Your Life’s End

By Stephanie Block | July 14, 2015

Change agents hope to transform end-of-life care with “new” values   Journalist Ellen Goodman was a 2015 National Summit on Advanced Illness Care keynote speaker for The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC).  She addressed the room of professionals in their personal capacity, “as mothers, as fathers, as sons, as daughters, as well as change agents…

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A worn sign with bold red text reading "SALE ON ALL BODY PARTS." The background is a faded, aged white. The text is prominently displayed in large, capital letters."

Brain Death and the Harvesting of Human Organs

By wffguest | November 18, 2013

by Patrick Laurence  Introduction: It’s true today that everything has a value on the market, but does that mean we can easily take the value of our organs? If you’ve donated your organs, doesn’t it make some tension over whether you are dead when they take those organs? The Bellarmine Forum is pleased to welcome…

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