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John R. Stone, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Center for Health Policy and Ethics
PhD, Brown University, Philosophy, 2001
MA, Brown University, Philosophy, 1994
MA, University of Montana, Philosophy 1992
MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1967
BA, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1963 (Major: Chemistry)
Dr. John R. Stone
Creighton University Medical Center
Center for Health Policy and Ethics
Room # 209
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
(402) 280.2207 tel
(402) 280.5735 fax
johnstone@creighton.edu
Biography
John R. Stone received his BA from Emory University in 1963, his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1967, his MA in philosophy from the University of Montana in 1992, and his PhD (philosophy/bioethics focus) from Brown University in 2001. Honors include Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha.
John’s focus is on bioethical issues related to minority health, race, ethnicity, diversity, and community. Social justice and issues of respect are primary concerns. His interests in these areas include research, publication, service, and teaching. He is working to develop a cross-disciplinary faculty group that addresses multiple aspects of minority health. He is also developing an elective for senior medical students that would explore intersections of minority health, race, ethnicity, and bioethics in order to build students' capacities for professional work. At Creighton he is co-directing a course for graduate students on responsible conduct of research.
John joined CHPE as Adjunct Professor in August, 2006 after seven years with the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care, Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee is a historically black university.
Prior to graduate school and his work at Tuskegee, he practiced cardiology for many years in Missoula, Montana where he co-founded an Institute of Medicine and Humanities.
In 2002 he was co-editor (with Erika Blacksher) of a special issue of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics on vulnerable populations. John and Erika are now collaborating on editing a proposed special journal issue that targets ethical issues regarding cross-cultural dimensions of health and healthcare.
Selected Publications
Dula, A and Stone, JR “Wakeup Call: Healthcare and Racism,” Hastings Center Report, 2002;32(4):48
Stone, JR. “Healthcare Inequality, Cross-Cultural Training, and Bioethics: Principles and Applications,” Accepted for publication in Special Section of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: Illuminating Culture, Health, and Ethics: Beyond Equality and Justice. 2008; 17 (2), Spring.
Stone, JR and Blacksher, E. “Introduction,” Accepted for publication in Special Section of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: Illuminating Culture, Health, and Ethics: Beyond Equality and Justice. 2008; 17 (2), Spring.
Stone, JR and Parham, GP. "An Ethical Framework for Community Health Workers and Related Institutions." Accepted for publication in Family & Community Health Journal. Spring/early fall 2007. Issue 30:4.
Stone, JR. “Importance of Community Input —A Moral Framework for Disaster Planning.” Practical Bioethics. 2007;2(4) & 3(1-2): 9-11. Center for Practical Ethics. Kansas City. (Invited)
Stone, JR. “Racial, ethnic differences persist in treatment of MI.” RN, 2007;70(2):38. (Invited)
Stone, JR. “Race/Ethnicity, Health Disparities, and Bioethics,” APA Newsletter, American Philosophical Association, Fall 2004; 4:16-18.
Stone, JR. “HIV/AIDS and Researcher-Community Collaboration,” CME (South Africa), 2003;21(1):37-38
Stone, JR. “Race and Healthcare Disparities: Overcoming Vulnerability, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics,” 2002; 23:499-518, and with Erika Blacksher, “Introduction,” pp. 421-424 in the same issue of TM&B.
Stone, JR. “Justice, Disadvantage, and Allocation of Health Resources: Aside from Influence on Health, Should General Disadvantage Matter?,” J Alabama Academy of Science, 2001(July);72(3):155-169.
Work in progress includes a manuscript on ethical foundations for cross-cultural healthcare, a manuscript about ethical foundations for the work of Community Health Advisors, and a manuscript based on his Tuskegee experience that explores issues of Whiteness regarding minority health and bioethics.
Presentations
Ethics and Culture in Education of Healthcare Professionals:
Beyond Cultural Competence. David Thomasma International
Bioethics Retreat, Saint Catharine’s College, University of
Cambridge, June 18-22, 2007.
PowerPoint Presentation for
Ethics and Culture in Education of Healthcare Professionals
Ethics and Healthcare for African Americans. Summer Workshop for
Hospital Ethics Committees. Univ. of San Francisco. Sponsor:
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco. June 1-2,
2007.
PowerPoint
Presentation for Ethics and Healthcare for African Americans
Ethics of Health Disparities. Conference: Addressing Health
Disparities: Focus on Cancer. Creighton University. April 21,
2007.
PowerPoint
Presentation for Ethics of Health Disparities
Eliminating Health Inequalities: Intersections and Ethics.
University of Montana. Missoula, Montana. April 18, 2007.
PowerPoint
Presentation for Eliminating Health Inequalities
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Dr. Stone is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology.