Alison Alioto Talks Health Care Proxies
Christian Scientists value their right to turn to God in prayer for healing. But if there’s a situation where you cannot speak for yourself, a Health Care Proxy allows you to name someone you trust to make health care decisions for you. Without a proxy, your specific health care wishes may not be carried out. Each state has different policies in place regarding what happens when no Health Care Proxy has been named. It may be the physician, the state, etc. Many people assume that without a Health Care Proxy, the nearest relative can speak for an individual, but this is often not the case. In Massachusetts for example, only the Health Care Proxy has the legal authority to make health care decisions on another’s behalf.
In an audio clip, Monty Haas asks Alison Alioto, Director of the BA’s Visiting Christian Science Nursing Service, about Health Care Proxies. Alison provides some surprising answers…
“… the perfect place to get away and be at peace with God”
Bible scholar Deanna Mummert discovers a BA-style vacation…
Bible scholar and former Johns Hopkins Ethics Professor, Deanna Mummert, spent a few days here at the BA in November and generously shared her Biblical perspectives with us. She presented her talk “Greater works? Are you joking? The Gospel of John’s unique portrait of Jesus.”
For many years Deanna worked as an executive in the energy industry, leading energy acquisition teams. She has written for the Christian Science periodicals, given Bible talks throughout the US and in England, and is currently on the faculty of Bible Study Seminars.
Listen to an audio clip to hear Deanna describe her first (and lasting) impressions of the BA.
