2010 AMBI Clinical Ethics Conference – New York’s 2010 Family Health Care Decisions Act and Its Impact at the Hospitalized Patient’s Bedside

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2010 AMBI Clinical Ethics Conference – “New York’s 2010 Family Health Care Decisions Act and Its Impact at the Hospitalized Patient’s Bedside”

November 19, 2010

The Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College

Albany, New York

The 2010 AMBI Clinical Ethics Conference is a conference in which keynote speakers, guest faculty and conference participants gather at the Alden March Bioethics Institute in Albany, New York, for a full day of engaging discussions and breakout sessions revolving around a single theme.  This year’s theme explores the new Family Health Care Decisions Act and its impact at the hospitalized patient’s bedside.  The target audience for this conference includes: institutional ethics committee members, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains, hospice staff, case managers, lawyers, healthcare facility administrators, and others interested in healthcare decision making.

Keynote Speakers: 

• Robert N. Swidler, MA, JD -- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Albany Medical College; Vice President and General Counsel, Northeast Health


• Alicia Ouellette, JD -- Associate Professor of Law; Professor of Bioethics at Union Graduate College/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Program in Bioethics


• Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD -- Associate Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law

Conference Schedule:

FRIDAY, November 19, 2010

7:45-8:25 a.m.              Registration

8:25-8:30 a.m.              Welcome & Introduction

8:30-9:30 a.m.              Robert N. Swidler, MA, JD

9:30-9:45 a.m.              Break

9:45-10:40 a.m.           Alicia Ouellette, JD

10:40-11:35 p.m.        Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD

11:35-12:20 p.m.         Lunch

12:20-1:10 p.m.           Breakout Session I

1:10-2:00 p.m.             Breakout Session II

2:00-2:15 p.m.             Break

2:15-3:15 p.m.              Bruce D. White, DO, JD, Wayne Shelton, PhD, Shelia Otto, BSN, MA, Heather Frenz

3:15-3:30 p.m.             Concluding Remarks, Evaluation