If you will be in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan on Friday, September 5, 2014, come to Spectrum Health's 2014 ethics conference for clinicians: “Ethics, Law and Clinical Practice" at the Calvin College Prince Conference Center.
This is a one-day symposium addressing the ethical complexities in health care today. Conference sessions and networking opportunities are designed to increase awareness and provide strategies to clinicians from all disciplines to support ethical care in a variety of settings.
Agenda
Hubris to Humility: Medical Power in Medical Futility Conflicts
Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD
Director, Health Law Institute Associate Professor of Law
Hamline University School of Law
When Parents and Providers Disagree: Understanding and Responding to Conflicts in the Care of Children
Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH
Director, Education Treuman Katz Center for
Pediatric Bioethics
Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Current Concepts in Disclosure
Kelly Saran, MS, RN, CPHRM
Administrative Director, Office of Clinical Safety
University of Michigan Health System
Humor: Finding a Balance
Judge Sara Smolenski, JD
Chief Judge, State of Michigan 63rd District Court
Objectives
Provide a forum to discuss challenges in clinical practice from an ethical perspective.
Explore how legal considerations influence clinical and ethical decision making at the bedside in a range of clinical settings.
Explore the interrelationship between ethics and law
Identify ethically- and legally-informed personal, professional and institutional strategies for addressing challenging situations in clinical practice.