The Point of Medicine

Bioethics

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The Stormy Waters of Transgender Ideology

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 12, 2023
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The Stormy Waters of Transgender Ideology
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Dr. Andre Van Mol discusses the latest news in the transgender debate.

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Cameo of Courage with Dr. Scott Armistead

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | January 5, 2023
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Cameo of Courage with Dr. Scott Armistead
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Dr. Scott Armistead experienced the loss of his job as he stood up for the truth of the gospel in his work as a teaching professor on a medical campus.

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Reflecting Back on 2022

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 29, 2022
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Reflecting Back on 2022
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George Courtney, CMDA’s Vice President of Stewardship and Legacy Giving, joins Dr. Mike Chupp to discuss how God has been at work through CMDA during 2022, while also looking ahead to opportunities for ministry in 2023.

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Christmas on the Mission Field

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 22, 2022
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Christmas on the Mission Field
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Several missionary members of CMDA to share their Christmas and holiday memories from the mission field.

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The Gift of Live Organ Donation

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 15, 2022
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The Gift of Live Organ Donation
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Dr. Stuart Knechtle and Margaret Frothingham discuss the gift of live organ donation.

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The Next Generation in Healthcare

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 8, 2022
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The Next Generation in Healthcare
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Dr. Katie Howe and Dr. Jake Morris discuss their involvement in CMDA throughout their training and their next steps to become long-term healthcare missionaries.

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CMDA in Nigeria

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | December 1, 2022
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CMDA in Nigeria
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Dr. Kayode Iyun, President of CMDA Nigeria, talks about how Christian healthcare professionals are making a difference across the continent of Africa.

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Honor the Lord with Thanksgiving

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 24, 2022
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Pastor Bert Jones shares a special message about the importance of honoring the Lord this Thanksgiving.

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Healthcare Heroes

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | November 17, 2022
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Col. Doug Soderdahl, MD, a urologist who recently retired from the U.S. Army, talks about military medicine and today’s healthcare heroes serving in the armed forces.

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Choose Life

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 8, 2022
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Choose Life
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Dr. Joy Riley talks about her contributions to Choose Life, a new book that addresses the theological, legal, spiritual and practical concerns about abortion.

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Standing Courageous as Women in Healthcare

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | September 1, 2022
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Standing Courageous as Women in Healthcare
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Dr. Regina Frost-Clark shares about the importance of being courageous and standing up for conscience rights in healthcare on this week’s CMDA Matters.

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Incorporating Spiritual Interventions

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | July 14, 2022
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Incorporating Spiritual Interventions
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Dr. Cathie Scarbrough talks about bringing your faith into healthcare by incorporating spiritual interventions on this week’s CMDA Matters podcast..

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Turning the Tide with Dobbs

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | July 7, 2022
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Turning the Tide with Dobbs
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Erin Morrow Hawley discusses the landmark decision in the Dobbs U.S. Supreme Court case which overturned Roe v. Wade on this week’s CMDA Matters podcast.

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Healthcare for the Kingdom

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 30, 2022
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Healthcare for the Kingdom
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Listen to Dr. Daisey Dowell’s talk from the 2022 CMDA National Convention on this week’s CMDA Matters podcast.

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Answering Your Questions About The Chosen

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 23, 2022
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Answering Your Questions About The Chosen
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Listen to Dr. Mike Chupp’s conversation with Dallas Jenkins, the creator and director of The Chosen from the 2022 CMDA National Convention on this week’s episode of CMDA Matters.

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Strange New World

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 16, 2022
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Strange New World
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Carl Trueman joins guest host Pastor Bert Jones as we share his plenary talk from the 2022 CMDA National Convention on this week’s episode of CMDA Matters. 

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Standing Strong Against Abortion

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 9, 2022
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Standing Strong Against Abortion
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Lila Rose joins guest host Pastor Bert Jones as she shares her incredibly powerful plenary talk from the 2022 CMDA National Convention on this week’s episode of CMDA Matters.

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A Breakpoint in the Culture War

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | June 2, 2022
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A Breakpoint in the Culture War
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John Stonestreet, the president of the Colson Center, has a conversation with Dr. Mike Chupp and Rev. Bert Jones about the right of conscience in healthcare—and why it matters for Christians in today’s culture on this week’s episode of CMDA Matters.

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Gender and Sports

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | May 26, 2022
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Gender and Sports
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Dr. Paul Hruz joins Dr. Jeff Barrows to delve deeper into the discussion about how transgender ideology is crossing over into sports, and how gender-affirming treatment continues to be a debate in female sports on this week’s episode of CMDA Matters.

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The Dr. John Patrick Bioethics Column: Medicine in Times of Public Crisis

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 21, 2022
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Public health and traditional medicine have a serious logical conflict. Public policy decisions must be made in utilitarian terms, unlike medicine, for populations and not individuals. Decisions are made according to which action saves the most lives. All public health policies are tradeoffs in the context of having incomplete data and finite resources. In contrast, patient-based medicine asks, “What is best for this patient?”

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The Church & Bioethics

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | October 22, 2020
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The Church & Bioethics
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Dr. Mike Chupp talks to Dr. Darrell Bock about the impact of faith in the practice of healthcare and the need for relationship between the church and Christian healthcare professionals.

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Fuz Rana: Humans 2.0

By Christian Medical & Dental Associations® | February 6, 2020
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Fuz Rana: Humans 2.0
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Will technology usher in a new future, or have we gone too far? Unprecedented developments in bioengineering, biotechnology and biomedicine—breakthroughs that could improve the lives of people with debilitating diseases and injuries—can also serve as stepping-stones to technologies that can enhance human beings and alter human nature, raising fears about how biotechnologies could be misused. Should we discourage advances in biotechnology and bioengineering that can be used for human enhancement? Or should we take control of our own “evolution” and usher in a posthuman age? Is there another option?

In Humans 2.0, authors Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Kenneth Richard Samples open a window to the new world of human enhancement technologies and transhumanism, their promises, potential and pitfalls.

This week’s interview on CMDA Matters with Dr. Mike Chupp features Fazale “Fuz” Rana as we discuss this dilemma of technology.

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