
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 14, 1991                   TAG: 9102140382
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WISE                                LENGTH: Short

ETHICIST TO SPEND WEEK AT CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE

Dr. David Thomasma, a medical ethics professor at Loyola University Medical Center, will be in residence for a week starting Sunday at Clinch Valley College under a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program.

Thomasma, also a Catholic theologian, will give a public talk on campus Tuesday at 1 p.m. about euthanasia and social policy.

At 7:30 that night, he will join a panel discussing health care delivery costs, with philosophy professor David Rouse as chairman. Other participants will be Betty Johnson, a nursing professor from the University of Virginia at Clinch Valley this year to establish a nurse program; Dr. Charles Maine, an internal medicine specialist; and Don McCamey, District 24 secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America.

Thomasma will take part in a student symposium Feb. 20 on "The Just War." He will participate in classes and discuss ethical issues with student groups.

- Southwest bureau

by CNB