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Agenda
Palliative Care and Ethics Conference
May 16 & 17, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
8:00 AM - 9:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:45 Welcome and Introduction
Henk ten Have, M.D., Ph.D., Director and Professor, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
9:45 - 10:30 Introduction to Palliative Care/Hospice Care
Cristen Krebs, D.N.P., ANP-BC, Catholic Hospice
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Keynote Lecture: Suffering, Death and Palliative Care
Sr. Rosemary Donley, Ph.D., APRN, FAAN, Professor, Jacques Laval Chair for Social Justice, School of Nursing, Duquesne University
11:30 - 12:00 Questions and Answers
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 Autonomy and Dependence
Daniel A. Iracki, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh and Washington, PA
1:30 - 2:30 Break-Out Session: Case Study #1 - Autonomy and Beneficence in End of Life Care
2:30 - 3:30 Plenary Reporting
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00 Quality of Life and Good Death in Palliative Care
James Rossetti, DO, Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute
5:00 Reception
Friday, May 17, 2013
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 Spirituality and Palliative Care
The Reverend William J. Waltersheid, Auxillary Bishop of Pittsburgh
10:00 - 11:00 Break Out Session: Case Study #2 - "What is a Good Death?"
11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Reporting
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:30 Moral Deliberation
Gerald Magill, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and the Law, Duquesne University
1:30 - 2:30 Foregoing Treatment
William A. Ferri, M.D., UPMC - Cancer Center, Medical Director, Catholic Hospice
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45 Sedation in Palliative Care
Henk ten Have, M.D., Ph.D., Director Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University
3:45 - 4:45 Break Out Session: Case Discussion # 3 - Sedation and Pain Management
4:45 - 5:00 Plenary Reporting
5:00 - 5:15 Evaluation
5:15 Closing Remarks and Distribution of Certificates