Comfort & Compassion: Ethics in End of Life Care

Agenda

Friday May 23, 2003
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Capri Hotel and Convention Centre
Red Deer, Alberta

Time	Topic	Presenter
8:00	Registration desk open, Continental breakfast provided
9:00	Welcome	Dr. Jose Pereira
9:05	Dramatic Presentation: "Dignity"	Insight Theatre
9:15	Table Discussion
9:30	Demystifying the Dying Experience: the Importance of Good End of Life Care	Robert Buckman
10:10	Questions & Comments From the Floor
10:30	Break
10:55	Workshops:
	Discharge, Transfer and Homecoming: Organizational Ethics Issues in End-of-Life Care	Christy Simpson
	Communication in the End of Life Context: "The Last Interview"	Robert Buckman
	Who Decides? Terminal Patients Without Decision-Making Capacity	Dr. Barbara Russell
	Terminal Sedation: Compassion or Conclusion in End of Life Treatment	Penny Parker & Gary Frank
	Personal Directives: Benefits and Burdens of Planning Tools	Mark Miller & Monique Rigole
11:55	Lunch (provided)
12:45	PHEN Annual General Meeting
1:30	Worshops (as above)
2:30	Break
2:50	Dramatic Presentation: "No Code"	Insight Theatre
3:00	The Role of Hope in the End-of-Life Context	Christy Simpson
3:40	Questions & Comments From the Floor
4:00	Closing Remarks
4:05	Adjourn