I know my mother is really sick but why can’t the doctors just keep her on the ventilator? Why are they trying to kill her? Our state has legalized physician aid in dying, so why doesn’t your hospital allow this practice? I would like to offer gene therapy to patients as a service in my clinical practice. Can I have the support of this institution? I heard that your hospital allows surgeons to perform gender reassignment surgery. Is this true? How would your hospital system respond? More than ever, Adventist-affiliated hospitals are called to address complex ethical issues in ways that preserve organizational integrity and alignment with the mission of the Adventist church. In the current environment, significant benefits can be achieved from coordination among hospitals and communication between the Adventist church and the healthcare systems.
Introducing the Adventist Bioethics Consortium (ABC), an association for hospitals affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist church. The ABC will help member hospitals share knowledge, advance scholarship and enhance ethical leadership. It will also serve as the link between the Adventist church’s leadership for health ministries and Adventist-affiliated hospitals, resulting in more consistent messages regarding state-of-the-art care, compassionate healing and ethical responsibility. 1