2012 HLI Symposium:
Legal, Medical, and Ethical Issues in Minnesota End-of-Life Care
November 8-9, 2012
Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minn.
The Health Law Institute at Hamline University and the Hamline Law Review were pleased to present their 2012 Symposium, Legal, Medical, and Ethical Issues in Minnesota End-of-Life Care. Federal and Minnesota law recognize that individuals generally have the right to choose the time and manner of their death. However, these rights are not uniformly recognized in practice and there are many legal and practical limits on when and how they are honored. This conference addressed a broad range of legal, medical, and ethical issues in Minnesota end-of-life care. In particular, the conference addressed:
- Minnesota POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
- Medical decision making for the "unbefriended" (incapacitated patients and long-term care residents with no reasonably available surrogate)
- Guardianship processes and procedures
- Ethical issues in surrogate decision making
- Medical futility disputes (over whether requested treatment is appropriate and beneficial)
Symposium informational brochure (overview, objectives, directions and parking, schedule descriptions, planning committee, campus map, and registration form)
Click here to see photos from the event!
Attendees
Over 200 guests attended the Symposium. Guests included attorneys, physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, legal aids, professors, ethicists, and students. Major organizations in attendance included Mayo Clinic, Children's Hospitals, Veterans Affairs, Mercy Hospital, University of Minnesota, William Mitchell College of Law, Allina, HelathPartners, United, Medica, American Cancer Society, Park Nicollet, Abbott Northwestern, North Memorial Hospital, Sanford, HCMC, MN Department of Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, and the MN House of Representatives.
Schedule
Thursday, November 8, 2012
7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. - Expiration Date, Landmark Center, Weyerhaeuser Auditorium
Friday, November 9, 2012
Welcome and opening remarks
- Thaddeus M. Pope, JD, Ph.D., Director, Health Law Institute, Associate Professor, Hamline University School of Law
- Elizabeth Winchell, Editor-in-Chief, Hamline Law Review
POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
- Bernard "Bud" Hammes, Ph.D., Director, Medical Humanities and Respecting Choices Gundersen Lutheran Health System; Chair, National POLST Paradigm Task Force; Vice President, International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care
- Edward Ratner, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; Medical Director, Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice
POLST: Challenges and Strategies
New Problems with Surrogate Decision Making
- Barbara Noah, JD, Western New England University
- Maxine Harrington, JD, Texas Wesleyan School of Law
- Adam Candeub, JD, Michigan State University College of Law
- Stanley Terman, Ph.D., M.D., Medical and Executive Director, Caring Advocates
Guardianship Procedures and Processes
Medical Decision Making for the Unbefriended
- Andrea Palumbo, JD, Gores Law Office
- Anita Raymond, M.S.W., LISW, CMC, Volunteers of America of Minnesota
- Rebecca Volpe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Penn State College of Medicine; Director, Clinical Ethics Consultation Service, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Medical Futility Disputes
- Victor Sandler, M.D., Medical Director, Fairview Home Care & Hospice; Co-Chair, Bioethics Committee, University of Minnesota Medical Center
- Kathleen Meyerle, JD, Legal Department, Mayo Clinic
- Suzy Scheller, JD, Scheller Legal Solutions LLC.
Patient Choice at the End of Life
- Kathryn Tucker, JD, Director of Legal Affairs, Compassion & Choices; Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School/Los Angeles
Publication
An upcoming issue of the Hamline Law Review will serve as a complement to the November Symposium. The Symposium issue is scheduled to be Issue 2 of Volume 36, slated for publication in March/April 2013.
Continuing Education Credits
Law: This program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. The event has been approved for 6.5 standard CLE credits (event number: 172750).
Nursing: This program is designed to enhance your ability to practice nursing. Pursuant to the rules of the Minnesota Board of Nursing, this program qualifies for 7.8 contact hours. The Health Law Institute will provide participants requesting CE units with a certificate of attendance.
Social Work: This program meets the CE requirements of the Minnesota Board of Social Work. It will contribute to the practice of social work and is intended for the benefit of practicing social workers. This program qualifies for 6.5 CE hours.
Questions
If you have questions about this program, please contact:
Kari Winter, Program Manager
Phone: 651-523-2130