The Woodstock Forum: Values Inside the Issues: Religious Voices on Health Care Reform (2008)

Abstract

"The Project was launched in April 2008 with the forum, ?Values Inside the Issues: Religious Voices Discuss Health Care Reform.? Panelists include Rabbi David, Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., Georgetown Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, and Chair of The President?s Council on Bioethics; and Dr. Zubair Saeed, Director of Health Education and Programs for the All Dulles Area Muslim Society. The three panelists addressed pre-selected questions desinged for an educated audience to compare the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths? approach to the topic of healthcare reform. A DVD of the event has already been produced and is being circulated." [description from the Woodstock website] John P. Langan, S.J., Member, Board of Directors of Woodstock Theological Center and Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University The forum was co-sponsored by the Woodstock Theological Center; the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; the Program on Church and Interreligious Dialogue; and the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.