So Falls A Sparrow Ethical Medical Decisions at the Bedside With and For the Sole Good of the Patient

Robert Henry Crumby is a graduate of Rhodes College, with postgraduate degrees from Presbyterian Seminaries in Richmond, Virginia and Louisville, Kentucky. He earned the professional Doctor of Ministry Degree in Social and Political Ethics at Vanderbilt University. In 1992, he redirected professionally from the active Presbyterian Ministry after 36 years of pastoral service with churches and communities in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He was Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for Clinical and Research Ethics at Vanderbilt School of Medicine, taught Clinical Medical Ethics at Meharry Medical College, was a consultant in clinical ethics for Hospital Corporation of America, and founded centers for clinical ethics in two H.C.A. Medical Centers in Nashville, Summit and Skyline. Retiring altogether in 2003, Robert and Judith, his wife of 54 years, have 2 daughters and 1 son, along with 6 grandchildren.