Medical Futility at the ASBH in San Diego

The ASBH Annual Meeting is coming up in just under two months.  There are several sessions related to medical futility.

Thursday, October 21st from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.

Paper Session (109): Concerns in the NICU

• Too Expensive to Treat?—Tragedy, Finitude, and the NICU  (Charles C. Camosy, Fordham University, Bronx, NY)


• Who Makes It to the NICU? The Effect of National Health Policies on NICU Population, Communities, and Ethics  (Annie Janvier, MD PhD BSc, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada)


• Categorizing Deaths in the Dutch NICUs   (A. Eduard Verhagen, MD JD PhD, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands)

Friday, October 22^nd from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Panel Session (206) Legal Update 2010: Top 10 Legal Developments in Bioethics and Public Health

• Moderator: Kelly Dineen, JD RN, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO


• Thaddeus M. Pope, JD PhD, Widener University School of Law and Health Law Institute, Wilmington, DE  (my remarks will address medical futility developments)


• Erin A. Egan, MD JD, University of Colorado Denver Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Aurora, CO


• Amy T. Campbell, JD MBE, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY


• Joanna K. Weinberg, JD LLM, University of California Hastings Law School and University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Friday, October 22^nd from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Panel Session (235) Medical Futility: Seeking a Community Standard

• Moderator: Paula J. Goodman-Crews, LCSW, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA


• Lynette Cederquist, MD, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA


• Lawrence Schneiderman, MD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA


• Mark S. Pian, MD, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine,San Diego, CA