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Date: October 22, 2009 to October 22, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker(s): Kenneth Prager, M.D., Linda Farber Post, JD, MA, BSN, Robert Cassidy, PhD
Location: The New York Academy of Medicine
"Medical Futility at the Bedside: More Sophisticated Technology, More Difficult Ethical Dilemmas"
The translation of the concept of medical futility into hospital policy and practice continues to present novel ethical challenges for care providers, especially as technological advances create new treatment possibilities at the end of life. The session will begin with a case presentation, followed by a discussion of theoretical, practical and legal considerations, and conclude with an example of a hospital futility policy.
Presenters will include:
Kenneth Prager, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director, Clinical Ethics
Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Linda Farber Post, JD, MA, BSN
Director, Bioethics
Hackensack University Medical Center
Robert Cassidy, PhD
Director of Bioethics for LIJMC and Schneider Children’s Hospital, Emeritus
Schedule of Events:
Registration and Light Refreshments: 5:30 – 6:00 PM
Case Presentation and Discussion: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
For more information please contact ethicsnetwork@nyam.org.
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