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NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 23 ??? An expert panel will convene at the Academy on Dec. 9 to explore the ethical implications of the ongoing Schiavo case in Florida and its impact on medical practice, as well as the Catholic Church???s influence on end-of-life care. Media are invited to attend and should register in advance.
The husband of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, a 39-year-old brain-dead woman who has been unable to communicate since 1990, has been on a 6 1/2-year crusade to remove her feeding tube and thereby end her life. Her parents in October won a court order to keep the tube from being removed for now, even though their daughter is in a vegetative state. Gov. Jeb Bush has also intervened to keep Schiavo alive. Meanwhile, the Pope???s recent pronouncement that it is morally obligatory to continue artificial feeding for people in a persistent vegetative state, adds a new religious dimension to the debate.
Moderated by Academy Senior Advisor Alan R. Fleischman, M.D., this discussion will examine the potential for thirty years of ethical and legal consensus in the United States to be placed in jeopardy.
DATE: Thursday, December 9
TIME: Reception, 5:30 p.m.; Program: 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue (at 103 Street), New York City
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS:
The Schiavo Case and Withdrawal of Treatment
Mildred Z. Solomon, Ed.D. , Associate Clinical Professor of Social Medicine, Medical Ethics & Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
Vice President, Educational Development Center, Inc.
The Pope???s Pronouncement & the Right to Care
Joseph J. Fins, M.D., Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, and Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Medicine in Psychiatry at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center
Implications for the Legal Climate in New York
John Linville, J.D., Partner at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP (New York), and Chair of the New York City Bar Association Bioethics Committee
Media should register to attend by contacting Christine Visich at 212.822.7375 or cvisich@nyam.org. The New York Academy of Medicine is a non-profit institution founded in 1847 that is dedicated to enhancing the health of the public through research, education and advocacy, with a particular focus on urban populations, especially the disadvantaged.
Posted on December 1, 2004
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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