Event: “Ethical Issues in Palliative and Hospice Care,” Chicago, IL

November 24, 2008

The Illinois Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum (IL HEC Forum), University of Illinois at Chicago 
The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago 

Friday, January 9, 2009 8:30AM – 3:00 PM

Location: Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine (Room 160)

2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153

Registration Fee: $75.00  | Students: $35.00

(Registration/Continental Breakfast Begins at 8:30am)

For additional information, please contact Robbin Hiller at 708-327-9200 or [email protected]

PRESENTATIONS

Featured Keynote Speaker:
Pauline W. Chen, MD
Author of the NY Times Best Seller, “Final Exam”

“The Art in Being There at the End of Life”

 

“Palliative Care: Past, Present, and Future”

Mary Sheehan, President and CEO, Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center

Martha Twaddle, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center

Josh Hauser, MD, Asst Professor of Medicine and Palliative Care, Northwestern Univ

“Palliative and Hospice Care: Cases from a Geriatrician”
Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD, Sr. Assoc Dean, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Clinical Ethics Case Group Discussion

Kayhan Parsi, PhD, JD, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Lisa Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN, University of Illinois at Chicago