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| Stephen G. Post, Ph.D
Dr. Post received his Ph.D. in religious ethics and moral philosophy from the University of Chicago Divinity School (1983), where he was an elected university fellow and a research fellow in the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion. He was a National Endowment for the Humanities Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at Princeton University (1987), Chair of the American Academy of Religion's Section in Religion and Ethics in Healthcare, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. He is an elected Senior Fellow of the Hastings Center. In 1995, Post completed his work as Associate Editor of the 5-volume Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Macmillan Press), with support from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His 4-volume illustrated reference work; Bioethics for Students (Macmillan Press) was published in 1999. He is the author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995), described as "an outstanding, potentially classic book" in Health Affairs. He is ethics editor for the journal Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. His most recent edited book is Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease: Ethical and Clinical Issues (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998). He is also the author of numerous articles and books on the concepts of care and love. 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 U.S. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, and the Alzheimer's Society of Canada National Ethics Task Force. In 1998 Dr. Post was awarded a distinguished service recognition by the Association's national board. He is also a member of the ethics committee of the American Geriatrics Society. You can purchase More Lasting Unions: Christianity, the Family, and Society by clicking here. | ||
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Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., is Professor and Associate Director for Educational Programs, Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Post also serves as a Senior Research Scholar in the Becket Institute at St. Hugh's College, Oxford University.
