10th Anniversary Symposium
Why is it so hard to die in America?
The University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
10th Anniversary Symposium
April 30 - May 1, 2006
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| Sunday, April 30 | |||
| 3:00-3:15pm | |
Welcome Remarks | |
| Speaker: | Jeanette Lerman, Chair, External Advisory Board to the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics | ||
| 3:15-5:00pm | |
Personal Experiences with Death and Dying | |
| Moderator: | Michael Smerconish, J.D., WPHT Radio, Philadelphia Daily News | ||
| Lead Speaker: | Michael Schiavo, R.N. | ||
| Panel Members: | Julia Duane Quinlan, Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice
Mary J. Labyak, M.S.S.W, L.C.S.W.*,
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast David Casarett, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Rabbi Gerald I. Wolpe,
University of Pennsylvania |
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| Monday, May 1 | |||
| 8:30-8:45am | |
Welcome Remarks | |
| Speaker: | Arthur H. Rubenstein, M.B.B.Ch., Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Dean, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 8:45-10:15am | |
Who Should Decide: Surrogates / Families? | |
| Moderator: | Jennifer M. Kapo, M.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
| Lead Speaker: | Jay Wolfson, Dr.P.H., J.D., University of South Florida | ||
| Panel Members: | Adrienne Asch, Ph.D., M.S., Yeshiva University
Janet F. Haas, M.D., Chair of the Corporation, William Penn Foundation Jason Karlawish, M.D., University of Pennsylvania |
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| 10:30-12:00pm | |
Who Should Decide: Courts / Legislators? | |
| Moderator: | Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
| Lead Speaker: | Hon. George W. Greer, J.D., Florida Circuit Judge |
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| Panel Members: | Hon. Leonard B. Sokolove, J.D., Retired Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Bucks County; of counsel with Eastburn & Gray, PC
Nora Dowd Eisenhower, J.D., Secretary of Aging, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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| 12:15-12:30pm | |
Welcome Remarks | |
| Speaker: | Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., President, University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 12:30-1:30pm | |
The Role of the Media: Lunch Talk | |
| Speaker: | Robert Bazell, Chief Science and Health Correspondent, NBC News | ||
| 1:30-3:00pm | |
How Should American Society Cope with Death? Religious Perspectives | |
| Moderator: | Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
| Panel Members: | Kenneth Kraft, Ph.D., Lehigh University
Abdulaziz A. Sachedina, Ph.D., University of Virginia Rev. Dr. William J. Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P., J.C.D., S.T.M, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago |
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| 3:15-4:45pm | |
How Should American Society Cope with Death? Socio/Political Perspectives | |
| Moderator: | Charles L. Bosk, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
| Panel Members: | Myra Bluebond-Langner, Ph.D., Rutgers University - Camden
Ronald Cranford, M.D.*, University of Minnesota Carol Levine, United Hospital Fund Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Ph.D., Princeton University |
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| 4:45-5:00pm | |
Closing Remarks | |
| Speaker: | Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
