March 13-14, 2012
Emory University Center for Ethics, Atlanta, Georgia
"Mixed Messages: Ethical Tensions in Healthcare Conversations"
Keynote Speaker: Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS
Joanne Lynn, MD, MA (philosophy and public policy), MS (Evaluative Clinical Sciences), is a geriatrician, hospice physician, health services researcher, quality improvement advisor and policy advocate who has focused upon shaping American health care so that every person can count on living comfortably and meaningfully through the period of serious illness and disability in the last years of life at a sustainable cost to the community. She now leads the Center on Elder Care and Advanced Illness for the Altarum Institute.
Dr. Lynn has published more than 250 professional articles and her dozen books include The Handbook for Mortals, a Guide for the Public; The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care, an instruction manual for clinicians and managers seeking to improve quality; and Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Any More!, an action guide for policymakers and advocates. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and of the National Academy of Social Insurance, a fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and The Hastings Center, and a master of the American College of Physicians.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
A draft Agenda for the Conference is attached below
Who Should Attend
Bioethics committee members, physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, psychologists, case managers, healthcare administrators, clergy, health law attorneys, mediators and others interested in healthcare.
Registration
HCECG Members: $200 both days/$120 single day - After Monday, March 5: $225 both days/$145 single day
Non-Members: $350 both days/$200 single day - After Monday, March 5: $375 both days/$225 single day
Students: $130 both days/$80 single day - After Monday, March 5: $155 both days/$105 single day (Registration Form attached below).
Conference Location
Emory University Center for Ethics, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322. Parking for the Conference will be available at the Peavine Visitor Parking Lot at a cost of approximately $10-12 per day.
Overnight Accommodations
Arrangements have been made with the Emory Conference Center - Emory Inn for rooms at a reduced rate during the conference (Please view attached Courtesy Room Rate Information Sheet below). For information about the Emory Conference Center - Emory Inn, please visit their website at www.emoryconferencecenter.com or call 1-800-933-6679. The Conference Center and the Inn are partner hotels, with the Conference Center providing the higher-end accommodations. The hotel may provide shuttles between the hotel and the Center for Ethics.
You may also consider staying at the University Inn, 1767 North Decatur Road, Atlanta Georgia 30307. Please visit their website for more information www.univinn.com or call 1-800-654-8591.
Continuing Education
An application has been submitted to the Emory University School of Medicine. An application for continuing education hours for social workers has been submitted to NASW. An application has been submitted to the Georgia Nurses Association. A certificate of attendance will be provided to all participants. For information on CEU's please contact Deborah Cruze at 404-727-2279.
Student Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available to students enrolled in a related degree-granting program (Application Form attached below).
The Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia (HCECG) was founded in January 1994 following a three year planning period funded by Emory University and the Georgia Humanities Council. Clinicians and health administrators statewide participated in the formation of a network of health care organizations that shared a common interest in bringing ethics analysis to patient care and organizational issues. The membership is comprised of hospitals and health systems, home health agencies, hospices, long term care facilities, managed care organizations and rehabilitation centers. The Emory University's Center for Ethics houses and staffs the Consortium.
Kathy Kinlaw is Associate Director of the Emory University Center for Ethics and Director of the Center's Program in Health Sciences and Ethics. She serves as Bioethics Associate in Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine; and Executive Director of the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia.
A few weeks ago I was sitting in the physicians work area at 2 AM. I was waiting for the delivery of a high risk preterm infant that was expected to be imminent. I passed the time catching up on some charting and reading an article, and as I sat there, I was struck by the fact that I was all by myself. My residents had previously said goodnight and scurried off to their call rooms for a nap. It was ironic to me that they felt the need to sleep; after all, this was only a 12 hour shift for them. I would round on the unit the next morning and continue caring for patients until 4pm, when my partner would come for sign-out. And yet they slept and I didn’t; they had a call room and I didn’t. In that moment I felt like an old soul from a different generation even though I have only been an attending physician for 4 years. Sure this wasn’t walking uphill both ways in the snow, but I could claim the medical equivalent of that feat, having trained to a large degree before the enforcement of the physician duty hours.
Marian Osborne photo courtesy of Carlton Mackey
Marian Osborne, who worked with HCECG for many years, has taken on the role of Human Resource Coordinator for the Center for Ethics and Academic Program Coordinator for the Master of Arts in Bioethics program. Though she will be moving away from her official responsibilities with the Consortium, we are grateful that she remains close by at the Center and we are very happy for her as she accepts her new roles. Marian has been an important part of the HCECG family, working hard to help in many phases of the Consortium’s life: membership renewal, event registration, website updating, problem solving, and much more. Each of us has benefited from the chance to work with her, and her thoughtful, welcoming spirit will be missed. Please join us in thanking Marian for her important work.
Dianne Becht photo courtesy of Ms. Becht
As Marian leaves, we welcome Dianne Becht to the work of the Center for Ethics and HCECG. Dianne joins us after 24 years at Georgia State University’s Department of Chemistry. Please welcome Dianne as you begin to work with her. (Dianne.becht@emory.edu)
We sat down with Michael Arenson, a student in the master’s of
Bioethics program housed at Emory’s Center for Ethics, to talk about how
ethics plays into public health. Arenson’s goal is to help facilitate
more collaborations and conversations that include both ethics and
public health. He says that,“ethics is often viewed as something to be
complied with before public health can do its work, but both ethics and
public health are at their best when ethics becomes more a part of the
process instead of the oversight of public health.” In considering a
dual major in Bioethics and Public Health, Arenson sat down with Kathy
Kinlaw of the Center for Ethics to talk about possibilities. During this
conversation, the Public Health Ethics Organization was conceived. With
co-founder Andrea Fletcher, a Masters of Public Health student at
Emory, the organization is gaining momentum. They took off by organizing
a packed panel discussion on the Troy Davis verdict. The intention of
the organization, Arenson notes, is to be a “nexus for
multi-disciplinary collaboration.” Pairing ethics with public health, to
Arenson, “makes sense because, in the words of Paul Root Wolpe, all
ethics really is, is a conversation,” and this conversation must be a
part of every aspect of public health.
Look out for the Public Health Ethics Organization on facebook
or email at phethics@emory.edu!
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