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Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., is Professor and Associate Director for
Educational Programs in the Department of Bioethics at the School of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Post also serves as Senior Research
Scholar for the Becket Institute at St. Hugh's College, Oxford University.
He is Editor-in-Chief of the 5-volume Encyclopedia of Bioethics. His work
focuses on (1) cognitive disabilities and dementia, (2) family caregivers
and the ethics of the family, and (3) altruism and compassionate love
in the context of scientific research, philosophy, religion, ethics, and
the professionst. Dr. Post is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory
Panel of Alzheimer's Disease International. He serves on the National
Ethics Advisory Board for the Alzheimer's Association, and was recognized
for "distinguished service" by the Association's National Board for educational
efforts in bringing ethical issues to Association Chapters and families
throughout the United States (1998). Dr. Post has been a consultant for
family caregivers throughout the United States and Canada, and has led
workshops and educational forums for more than 80 Chapters of the Alzheimer's
Association across the United States since 1995. Dr. Post's recent publications
include co-editing a book entitled Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science,
Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue (Oxford University Press, 2002).
Post is President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, a 501
(c)(3) established in July 2001 to conduct high-level empirical research
on topics such as unselfish love, compassion, care, kindness, and altruism;
as well as to encourage scientifically informed pedagogy.
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