FIRST ANNUAL HOSPITAL ETHICS COMMITTEE SWAP SHOP

PURPOSE: A gathering of hospital ethics committee members and clinical ethics consultants from the Northeast to swap interesting, surprising and vexing cases and to discuss topics of interest to everyone involved with clinical ethics consultation.

WHEN: September 28, 2007, 10:00 AM to 4: 30 PM

WHERE: Old Chapel, Union College Campus, Schenectady, New York

REGISTRATION FEE $45 (includes lunch, snacks, program and materials)
Registration may be made by phone-518-388-8045-or by fax 518-388-8046, or via the mail. Please fill out the Registration Form to complete your registration

Room Reservations:
A block of rooms have been reserved for September 27 and September 28, 2007 at the Holiday Inn of Schenectady. http://www.hischenectady.com/ The conference rate is $93 per night. Please call directly to make a reservation-- 518-393-4141 To secure the discounted rate, be sure to mention "Hospital Ethics Committees" or "Bioethics" when making your hotel reservation.

Please make your reservations by Sept 15th to receive the discount rate. After that rooms are subject to availability.

There are many other hotels in the area. The Holiday Inn is within walking distance to the campus.

HOST: The Union Graduate College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program

Swapping Cases:
The swap shop sessions provide a forum ethics consultants and ethics committee members to share cases and to discuss the issues around them with colleagues from other hospitals and with experts. TO SUBMIT A CASE FOR SWAP SHOP DISCUSSION: E-mail a case study of 350 words or less as a word or rtf attached file to bioethics@union.edu. Case studies should contain a narrative of events, including relevant medical information, the patient's preferences (if known), and the familial and social context. It should indicate the questions or issues that the case raised, any recommendations made and the outcomes, if known. All information about the parties involved in the case, including the institutions involved, should be de-identified for public discussion. The e-mail to which the case study is attached should include the name, titles, and contact information of the party submitting the case.


PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

• HECs and Error: Discussion of the Seattle Children's Hospital ethics committee approval of the "Ashley Treatment" for 9-year-old Ashley X.

Alicia Ouellette JD, Albany Law Schools and The Bioethics Program Bonnie Steinbock, PhD, The University at Albany and The Bioethics Program Marygrace Pietrocola, Director of Social Services, St. Margaret's Center

• HECs and Futility: Discussion of Texas Advance Directive Act, which allows physicians to discontinue end-of-life treatment deemed medically inappropriate.

Laurence B. McCullough PhD, Baylor College of Medicine and The Bioethics Program

• HECs and the Law: A Discussion of some of legal issues confronting HECS in discharge decisions, health information exchanges (eg RHIOs) and dealing with the unbefriended elderly.

Robert Swidler JD, General Counsel North East Health and The Bioethics Program

• HECs and Rationing: A role-playing simulation illustrating the ethical, legal, managerial, and public policy implications of rationing access to critical care beds. Special attention will be paid to rationing mechanical ventilators during an Avian Flu pandemic, Federal Guideline and the recommendation of the New State Taskforce on Life and the Law

Jane Greenlaw JD, New York State Taskforce on Life and the Law, University of Rochester, The Bioethics Program Martin Strosberg PhD, Union Graduate College and The Bioethics Program

• HECS and Religion Discussion of the proper role of religion in hospital ethics committee decision-making.

Robert Orr MD, CE, University of Vermont and The Bioethics Program Rosamond Rhodes PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Bioethics Program

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