Agenda:

9:30    Overview of the State of the Dilemma: A Journey to Texas and Beyond

10:30   Anatomy of a Futility Dilemma

11:15   Break

11:30   Designing and Implementing a Hospital Futility Policy

12:15   Lunch

1:00    Futility From the Judge's Bench

1:45    Is a State Law the Answer in Georgia?

2:30    Wrap up

Faculty:

Kathleeen DeLoach, MA, Medical Ethicist, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System

Hilton Fuller, JD, Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit

Kathy Kinlaw, MDiv., Executive Director, HCECG, and Associate Director, Emory University Center for Ethics

Sue Nemechik, Risk Manager, Southern Regional Health System

Mary Margaret Oliver, JD,  Georgia State Representative, House District 83

Charity Scott, JD, Professor of Law, Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University

Registration: On line at www.hcecg.org.  Fax or mail attached registration form.

Fees: (includes materials, lunch, and breaks)

HCECG member - $65

Non-member - $125

Students - $25

Location

Emory University Center for Ethics

1531 Dickey Drive

Atlanta, GA, 30322

United States