Ethical Issues in Caring for the Young and the Old: Similarities, Differences, and Challenges

December 6, 2019 -
8:30am to 4:00pm

8:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast                               

9:00 – 10:20 am

Special Decision-Making Concerns of Minors                                                     

Aimee Biller, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

 

Objectives:

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Reading:  Farber Post L, Blustein J.  “Special Decision Making Concerns of Minors” in Handbook for Health Care Ethics Committees (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015), pp. 67-87.

 

10:20 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:45 am

Resource Allocation Across Life Span

Mark Wicclair, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

 

11:45 - noon

Break and gather lunch

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Working Lunch:   Film Comparing transition of Young and Old

Lucy Fischer, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emerita, Film and Media Studies

University of Pittsburgh

1:15 – 2:25 pm

Case of Dementia

Rollin Wright, MD, MA, MPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

 

2:25 – 2:35 pm

Break

2:35 – 3:45 pm

Differences Between Young & Old:  Research and Clinical Care

Judy Navratil, MA

Faculty Research Liaison, Institutional Review Board

University of Pittsburgh

 

3:45 – 4:00 pm

Wrap-up and evaluation

4:00 pm

Adjournment

Location and Address

Cumberland Woods Conference Center, 700 Cumberland Woods Drive, Alison Park, Pa