NINETEENTH-ANNUAL COLLABORATIVE ETHICS CONFERENCE
Ethical Realities in Clinical Practice: Seeing the Big Picture
MARCH 14, 2012 WEDNESDAY
UCLA CONFERENCE CENTER
SUNSET VILLAGE
Keynote: “Striking the Balance – Conscientious Caring”
Colleen M. Gallagher, PhD, MA, LSW, FACHE
Chief & Executive Director
Section of Integrated Ethics in Cancer Care
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care
Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Plenary: “The Power and Beauty of Professional Practice – Ethics as the Bottom Line”
Maria O’Rourke, DNSc, RN, FAAHC
President and CEO
Role-Based Practice Solutions, Larkspur, CA
Breakout sessions:
Challenges of patient advocacy; the role of team relationships in ensuring ethical practice; ethical issues related to children in long-term care who need periodic critical care; patient-provider conflict; and supporting hope in the face of serious illness
Closing: “Cultivating Clinical Empathy – An Ethical Imperative”
Jodi Halpern, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Joint Medical Program/School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley