Schedule
“What Ethics Committee Members Need to Know About Law”
Friday, November 16, 2007
7:30 AM
Registration
8:15 AM
Welcome
8:30-9 AM
What’s The law Got To Do With Clinical Ethics And Vice Versa?
Sadath Sayeed
9:00-9:15 AM
Discussion
9:15-10:00 AM
The Legal System: Fitting The Pieces Together
Judy Johnson
10:00-10:15 AM
Discussion
10:15-10:30 AM
Break
10:30 -11:15 AM
Pointers And Pitfalls: Reading A Legal Case
Patrick Taylor
11:15-11:25 AM
Discussion
11:25-11:45 AM
Transition (Box lunches—included in cost of registration)
11:45-12:45 PM
Lunch: Issues At The Intersection Of Law And Ethics
- Adolescents and informed consent/refusal
Richard Bourne and Steve Joffe - Physician-assisted suicide and “terminal sedation”
Glenn Cohen and Lachlan Forrow - Decision-making for ill newborns
Sadath Sayeed and Steve Ringer - Surrogate decision-making and special cases (the mentally ill, mentally delayed, children in DSS custody)
Catherine Mahoney
12:45-1:00 PM
Transition Break
1:00-1:45 PM
Brophy: Taking An Ethics Case To Court
Frank Reardon
1:45-2:00 PM
Discussion
2:00-2:45 PM
“Unbefriended Elders”
Partners’ Counsel, Carol Powers and Martha Jurchak
2:45-3:00 PM
Discussion
3:00-3:15 PM
Refreshment Break And Transition
3:15-4:00 PM
Controversies Over Possibly Harmful Or Inappropriate Care
Frank Reardon and Robert Truog
4:00-4:15 PM
Discussion
4:15-5:00 PM
What Ethicists Wish They Had Known About The Law
Panel: Martha Jurchak, Christine Mitchell, Robert Truog