The theme for the Society of Christian Bioethics Annual Conference is The End of Life, the Gift of Life: Reflections on Death and Organ Donation. The meeting will be online from February 20-22, 2026.
Topics relating to the conference theme include:
- Dead Donor Rule and its ethical implications
- Moral and theological considerations of death criteria (e.g., brain death, circulatory death)
- Issues of justice and equity in organ allocation and distribution
- Role of faith and conscience in end-of-life decisions and organ donation
- Ethical challenges of xenotransplantation
- Nature and harms of death and dying
- Animal ethics as it relates to xenotransplantation
- Use of new technologies in organ preservation and transplantation
- Pastoral and spiritual care for donor families and transplant recipients
- Historical perspectives on Christian engagement with death and bodily integrity
- Normothermic Regional Perfusion
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