About the Conference: The complexity of the current healthcare environment challenges providers to interact with increasingly more diverse populations who present with widely varying beliefs and practices.  In an environment faced with life and death choices and decisions this diversity further complicates the ethical analysis patients and families use as they face living with dying fro acute and chronic health problems. To be able to appropirately and compassionately interact with today's patients, providers must be able to recognize how diverse cultural backgrounds both impact patients and families and influence their own values and beliefs. To be effective, they must be able to incorporate this understanding of culture into ethical treatment practices.

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Heroes in Healthcare Ethics Award: This award recognizes an individual or a group for exemplary achievement in the field of healthcare ethics. The award will be presented at the luncheon on February 29, 2008. To nominate an individual or group for this award see Heroes in Healthcare Ethics Award.

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Who Should Attend: Bioethics committee members, physicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, healthcare administrators, spiritual leaders, health law attorneys, risk managers, and others interested in healthcare ethics.

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Continuing Education: The Emory University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maxium of 11.25 category-one credits towards the AMA PRA.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Education hours applied for include continuing education ethics hours for social workers through NASW, for nursing home admministrators, and for healthcare executives. An application has been submitted to the Georgia Nurses Association for approval of 11.25 contact hours. Please contact Karen Trotochaud at HCECG for more information.

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Student Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available to students enrolled in a related degree-granting program. For more information see student scholarship application.

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Rooms available at $115/night until February 5, 2008. Reservations at 404-712-6000 or www.emoryconferencecenter.com

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Agenda:

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Friday, February 29, 2008

 

8:30  Welcome

8:45-9:00  Case Presentation, George Grant, PhD

9:00-9:45  Coming Full Circle: Returning Health Care to the Community - Paul Root Wolpe, PhD

9:45-10:15  Cultural Self Awareness Exercise - Joanne Williams, MD, MPH

10:15-10:30  BREAK

10:30-12:00  Myths and Misperceptions about Cultures and Cultural Awareness (Panel)

 

• Health Literacy - Ruth Parker, MD
• Religion - Teresa Snorton, DMin
• Gender - Don Smith
• Race - Karama Neal, PhD, MA

 

12:00-1:30  LUNCHEON - Heroes in Healthcare Ethics Award

1:30-2:00  Interview with Patient/Family/Provider - Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH

2:00-2:45  Cultural Impact on Access to Care - Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD

2:45-3:00  BREAK

3:00-4:15  Breakout Sessions - Selected Cases

 

• Access to Dialysis Services for Undocumented Patients - Deborah Cruze, JD, MA
• Access to Mental Health Services - Donald E. Manning, MD, MMM
• Acesss to Care in Latino Cultures - Laureen Fredella

 

4:15-5:00  Follow-up Panel - Breakout Speakers

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Friday, February 29, 2008 Evening Events

 

5:30-6:30  Reception (Cash Bar) 

6:30-8:00  The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down: The Challenges of Cultural Competence - Anne Fadiman

Book signing following keynote address

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

 

8:45-9:30  Autonomy and Culture: An Anthropologic Perspective - Peter J. Brown, PhD

9:30-10:15  Autonomy: Perspectives on a Complex Topic - John Banja, PhD

10:15-10:30  BREAK

10:30-11:45  Breakout Sessions - Cultural Impact on Autonomy

 

• Disability Impact on Autonomy - J.D. Frazier, MSCM
• African American Issues of Trust and End of Life Care - Tammie Quest, MD
• Autonomy and Chronic Illness - Maggie Gilead, PhD, RN, CS

 

11:45-12:30  Plenary Session: The Importance of Trust in Respecting Culture Difference - Emmanual Lartey, PhD

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To register for this conference complete the registration form below.

Conference payment can be made on the registration form or by clicking the links below.

 

$204 HCECG member: (2/29 and 3/1)

$126 HCECG member: 2/29 only

$102 HCECG member: 3/1 only

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$340 non-member: both days (2/29 and 3/1)

$210 non-member: 2/29 only

$170 non-member: 3/1 only

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$136 student: both days (2/29 and 3/1)

$84 student: 2/29 only

$68 student: 3/1 only

Location

Emory Conference Center Hotel

1615 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA, 30329

United States

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