|
|
 |
|
|
|
“Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas At The End Of Life”
Available On Both GETN/Warrior and C/KU Satellites
a. Sponsors: This program, for Military and Federal GETN sites, is sponsored by Hospice Foundation of America and Federal Aviation Administration for GETN sites and networks.
b. Program Overview: In collaboration with The Hastings Center, HFA will assemble a panel of noted ethicists, educators, gerontologists, and hospice experts who will examine timely and important issues regarding the social perspectives of medical ethics and how various health care settings may influence ethical decisions in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. The panel will also examine how cultural differences may influence ethical choices.
c. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this teleconference, participants should be able to:
d. Panelists:
Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv, is a Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle. He is also Senior Consultant to Hospice Foundation of America. Dr. Doka has written or edited 16 books and published 60 articles and book chapters. He is editor of Omega, a professional journal, and Journeys, HFA’s monthly bereavement newsletter. Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) in 1993. He was elected to the Board of the International Work Group on Dying, Death and Bereavement in 1995, and served as chair from 1997 to 1999. In 1998, ADEC recognized him for outstanding contributions in the field of death education. Dr. Doka is an ordained Lutheran minister.
William H. Colby, JD, Fellow, Center for Practical Bioethics. Mr. Colby is a lawyer and has handled cases in state and federal courts and argued appeals at various levels of both the state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. He has represented multi-national corporations in product liability litigation nationwide as well as clients involved in local business and personal injury litigation. Mr. Colby is one of the founders and co-chairs of the firm community volunteer committee, which won various awards over the years for its community involvement. Mr. Colby left his law partnership so that I could focus on writing a book on the Cruzan case. Starting in 1987 when he first met the Cruzan family and continuing today, he has been involved nationally in one way or another in the issues surrounding appropriate medical treatment at the end of life. He is author of Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan.
Charles Corr, Ph.D., is Professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and a member of the following organizations: the Board of Directors of the Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast; the ChiPPS (Children’s Project on Palliative/Hospice Services) Executive Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; and the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement (Chairperson, 1989-93). Dr. Corr’s publications in the field of death, dying, and bereavement include more than 30 books and booklets, and over 80 articles and chapters. His most recent publication is the fourth edition of Death and Dying, Life and Living (Wadsworth, 2003), co-authored with Clyde M. Nabe and Donna M. Corr.
Richard Fife, Ph.D., has been involved with VITAS Healthcare Corporation for the past 20 years. He organized and trained many ethics committees throughout the VITAS system and also serves as the chair of the VITAS Corporate Ethics Committee. In addition to serving as an ethics consultant for the 30 hospices operated by VITAS, he is in charge of the chaplaincy program, which employs over 150 chaplains, as well as the volunteer and bereavement programs for VITAS. Dr. Fife is a frequent lecturer on issues relating to ethics, bereavement, pastoral care and diversity. Dr. Fife organized and started the poverty and urban ministry community programs in Tampa and Daytona Beach, FL, which has been operating for over 20 years and for which he is an ordained minister.
Jack Gordon, Chairman and CEO, Hospice Foundation of America, was elected to the Florida State Senate in 1972 and served until his retirement in 1992. While in the senate, he focused extensively on a broad range of health and education issues. He sponsored the first state hospice legislation, and it later became the model for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. In 1997, he was invited to join the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. Senator Gordon has served on the finance and provider education task forces of the Last Acts Campaign, and he is currently a member of the Carter Center’s mental health task force. He also serves on the Board of the Alliance for Aging Research.
Bernice Harper, M.S.W., MSc.PH, LLD is a medical care advisor for the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. Dr. Harper has a long illustrative history in health and social care. She is an educator, lecturer, consultant, social worker and health care administrator. Dr. Harper was formerly employed by The Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, where she served as a medical social worker for 10 years. She was coordinator of the Home Care Program at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, where she also served as the Director of Social Work for 16 years. Dr. Harper’s training is in the areas of education, social work and public health administration.
Bruce Jennings, Senior Research Scholar, Hastings Center, has directed several research projects on the care of the dying, health policy, chronic illness and long-term care, and ethical issues in human genetics. He served as Associate Director of a project that produced the widely cited and influential Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying (Indiana University Press, 1987). With Mildred Z. Solomon of the Education Development Center in Newton, MA is cofounder of the Decisions Near the End of Life Program, a hospital based educational program for physicians and other health professionals that has been used in over 200 hospitals in 30 states nationwide. It is now being revised and translated for use in Germany.
Bill Lamers, MD, is trained in both psychiatry and child psychiatry who founded one of the first hospice programs in the United States, Hospice of Marin, over 30 years ago. He has been on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. He has lectured and served as a hospice consultant in almost every state and many foreign countries. He is a member and former president of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG), and has served on the bioethics Committees of the Foothills Provincial Hospital (Calgary) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional papers on hospice and related subjects. He is an experienced medical-legal expert witness in matters related to dying, death, pain management, emotional distress and murder. He is the medical consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America.
JoAnne Reifsynder, RN., Ph.D., is working with the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence to develop a graduate minor in palliative care. In addition, she is continuing her extensive research in psychosocial oncology, palliative and end-of-life care. Her research examines the decision processes of adult patients with advanced cancer enrolling in hospice care. Additionally, Dr. Reifsnyder is co-founder of Ethos Consulting Group, which provides palliative and end-of-life care program development, grantsmanship, education, training, research and evaluation.
e. CEUs, CMEs. Certificates: The teleconference also offers the opportunity for your organization to provide a high-quality training program to professionals. Three hours of Continuing Education Unit credits are available for a wide range of professions, including nurses, social workers, physicians, psychologists, licensed counselors, nursing home administrators, clergy, EMS personnel, EAP professionals, and funeral directors. Please note: each participant who applies for CEU credits must pay a $25 processing fee to HFA on the day of the live broadcast, this is submitted with their CEU evaluation. Hosting organizations are encouraged to hold a local on-site session following the teleconference broadcast. (An on-site session of at least ½-hour in length is required for sites offering CEUs.) The local on-site segment increases personal involvement among the participants, strengthens interaction with the hosting organization, and highlights issues specific to each community.
f. Support Materials: There is a (optional for GETN sites) materials fee for each downlink site to help cover the cost of support materials, which are sent to the registered Site Coordinator (if you want them.) The fee is $35 if registered after January 15. The materials fee can be paid by check or credit card (Visa/MC/Amex) and must accompany the registration form. See: https://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/registration.asp. HFA does not charge an individual participant fee.
GETN site coordinators should register here ONLY if you want to pay the $35 for the site materials.
g. Are additional copies of the companion book of articles
available?
Yes, registered
Site Coordinators may purchase additional copies of the companion book at
greatly reduced prices. The companion book explores the teleconference
themes and objectives in more depth and serves as an outstanding resource for
those concerned with end of life issues.
See:
https://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/faq.asp#costs.
h. Videotape Availability: Videotapes maybe available at a later date at a cost to be determined.
i. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program for military and federal users, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. It may not be used for commercial purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.
j. Registration: All new and returning GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website. Sites may register at: GETN/HFA Registration Form or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the GETN Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
k. Future Programs: For future information on free GETN interagency satellite broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) Interagency Calendar.
Return to Hospice Foundation of
America
Return to DL Networks Homepage
