Strengthening
The Moral Foundations of Health Care
May 8 - 9, 1998 - Calgary, Alberta
Sheraton Cavalier Hotel
2620 - 32nd Avenue N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Featured Speakers
Tom Noseworthy
Tom Noseworthy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health
Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, University of
Alberta. He is an internist and a practising critical care physician.
He served as a member of the Prime Minister’s National Forum on Health,
in which he was a member of the Evidence-Based Decision Making and Striking
the Balance Working Groups, and Chair of the Steering Committee. He currently
chairs the Senior Reference Committee of alberta wellNet, the Province’s
Health Information System, and is Co-Chair of the Advisory Council to
the Minister of Health for Canada Health Info-Structure.
John Dossetor
Director and Vice-Chair, Provincial Health Ethics Network
Dr. Dossetor is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta and the
first Chair of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine. He was the founding director
of the Joint-Faculties Bioethics Project at the University of Alberta.
In 1995, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his achievements
in the fields of Medicine and Bioethics.
Jan Storch
Director, School of Nursing, University of Victoria
Jan Storch is a founding member of the Provincial Health Ethics Network
and the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. She has been a consultant
to numerous ethics committees in both British Columbia and Alberta. She
is currently a member of several Victoria-area ethics committees, a member
of the B.C. Health Ministry's Advisory Committee on Ethical Issues, and
a member of the Planning Committee for the Regional Ethics Committee in
the Capital Health Region - Victoria.
Paul Byrne
Co-Director, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, Univ. of Alberta
Paul Byrne is a Neonatologist and presently chairs the University of Alberta
Hospital Ethics Committee. He is also a member of the Capital Health Ethics
Coordinating Council.
Camille Wolfe
Manager , Continuous Quality Improvement, Grey Nuns Hospital & Health
Centre
Camille Wolfe is the Chair of the Bioethics Consultative Team at the Grey
Nuns Community Hospital and Health Centre, and a member of the Caritas
Health Group Ethics Committee.
James Strachan
Manager, Pastoral Care Services, Calgary Regional Health Authority
James Strachan has been a hospital chaplain and educator for 27 years.
He has been involved with ethics committees for 10 years, and has been
with the Foothills Hospital Ethics Committee for 8 years.
Agenda
FRIDAY
EVENING
7:00 – 7:30 P.M. Welcome and Introduction
7:30 – 9:00 P.M. Tom Noseworthy, Issues and Prospects for Canada’s
Health Care System
9:00 – 10:00 P.M. Reception
SATURDAY MORNING
Making Good Decisions: Case Studies for Analysis and Discussion
8:00 – 8:30 A.M. Registration and Refreshment
8:30 – 9:00 A.M. Welcome and Introduction
9:00 – 10:00 A.M. Case Presentation and Discussion: Ethics and Personal
Directives
Facilitators: Gerald Robertson and Sheila Malm
10:00 – 10:15 A.M. Refreshment Break
10:15 – 11:15 A.M. Large Group Discussion
Facilitator: Michael King
11:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Annual General Meeting of the
Provincial Health Ethics Network
12:00 – 1:00 P.M. Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 P.M. John Dossetor, Thinking about Values:
40 Years in Health Care
Workshop Sessions
Making Good Decisions: How Ethics Committees Can Help
1:30 – 2:45 P.M. Breakout Workshops: Diverse Aspects of Ethics Committees
Workshop A: Getting an Ethics Committee Off the Ground
Marc Galeski and Philip Behman
Workshop B: Providing Clinical Consultation: What Can an Ethics Committee
Do, and What Should It Do?
Paul Byrne
Workshop C: Education Issues: The Committee, Health Professionals, and
the Public
Camille Wolfe and James Strachan
Workshop D: Navigating Through Value Differences to Produce Agreement
Elizabeth Boetzkes
2:45 – 3:00 P.M. Refreshment Break
3:00 – 4:15 P.M. Closing Session: Jan Storch, What Makes Ethics Committees
Work?
Registration
Please
include the following information when registering:
Name
Organization
Position/Title
Mailing Address
City/Municipality
Postal Code
Phone No.(s) Fax No.E-mail address, if any
May we place your name/address/phone number on a participant list to be
distributed at the Workshop?
Yes / No
Registration fees:
$135 – Non-Member Registration
$125 – PHEN Member Registration
$ 30 – Student Registration
* Registration Deadline: May 5, 4:00 P.M. Cancellations received before
this time will be refunded the full registration fee less a $10.00 administration
charge.
Workshop fee
includes all refreshment breaks and buffet lunch on Saturday
PLEASE MAIL YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH A CHEQUE PAYABLE TO:
Provincial Health Ethics Network
Room 222, Aberhart Nurses Residence
8220 - 114 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5N 3W6
Hotel Reservations
If you wish to stay at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, please book your room(s)
prior to April 15, 1998. A limited number of rooms have been reserved
at a special (single) rate of $105.00 per night + taxes for the evenings
of May 8 and 9, 1998. Call (403) 291-0192 for reservations.
Financial Assistance
PHEN has established a User Fund which provides grants of up to $500 to
PHEN Members wishing to undertake educational projects, including attendance
at health ethics conferences such as this, to enhance their awareness
of health ethics issues. For information on how to apply for this award,
please contact the Edmonton office at 1-800-472-4066. The next application
deadline is May 1, 199 |
