Event: Ethics Symposium

January 31, 2010

Health Law in the Domain of Health Care Ethics
REGISTER ON-LINE: http://www.signup4.net/public/ap.aspx?EID=ETHI31E&OID

Our March 6, 2010 ethics symposium will explore relationships between medical and legal ethics in the context of healthcare. The format of our day-long symposium involves both large group plenary sessions and small-group workshops. The venue is the San Ramon Valley Conference Center in San Ramon, California.  Our conference aims to foster moral community and collegiality, and to promote understanding of clinical ethics in the service of humane patient care.

Continuing education units are offered to physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, chaplains and pastors.  Visit the Registration Site and consult the attached flyers for more information about continuing education units and the Symposium. If the link does not work, copy it and paste it into your internet browser.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

R. Alta Charo, J.D., is the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, where she is appointed to the law and medical school faculties.  She will speak on Ethics and Epigenetics.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Kate Scannell, MD, FACP, Director, KP Northern California, TPMG Department of Medical Ethics will open the Symposium, welcoming guests and presenting The Year in Bioethics.

Elizabeth Pendo, JD, BA, is a Professor of Law at St. Louis University School of Law in St Louis, Missouri.  The title of Professor Pendo’s presentation is Caring for Patients with Disabilities.

Kelly Dineen, JD, RN, is Assistant Academic Dean and Instructor of Law at St. Louis University School of Law in St Louis, Missouri.   The title of her talk is Moral Disengagement in the Undertreatment of Pain.

Jennifer S Bard, JD, is a Professor at Texas Tech University School of Law and a returning symposium speaker. Professor Bard will address the Symposium about the topic of Medical Futility.