ETHICAL ISSUES RELATING TO  

 MENTAL HEALTH & AGING  

 

 

    Tuesday, April 13, 2010

 

 

at the HILTON GARDEN INN  Phoenix/Midtown

  

 

 8:15 am                        Welcome and Announcements

 

 8:30–9:00      OVERVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH IN AN AGING POPULATION

                                      Carla Denham, MD, Hospice of the Valley

 

 9:15–10:00    OVERVIEW OF BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLES

                                      Joanne Gurin, MD, Hospice of the Valley

 

 10:00-10:30                   Break and Exhibits

 

 10:30-11:45   CASE STUDY:  AUTONOMY-CAPACITY-DUTY TO REPORT

                            Panelists:  Faustina  Dannenfelser, Administrator, 

Adult Protective Services

                                           Joanne Gurin, MD

                                           Emily Kile, Esq., Kile Law Group, PC

                                           Roy Yaari, MD, Associate Director, Memory Clinic

                                                 Banner Alzheimer’s Institute

  

11:45–12:30                    Lunch and Exhibits

 

 12:30–1:45      CASE STUDY:  Beneficence and Non-maleficence*

                            Panelists:  Sandra Brownstein, PharmD, Evercare of Arizona

                                                 Southwest Region

                                           Marianne McCarthy, PhD, GNP, Arizona State University

                                                 College of Nursing

                                           Sue Sisley, MD, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s

                                                 Hospital

                                           Lori Waldberg, LCSW, Behavioral Health Specialists

 

                         1:45–3:00        CASE STUDY:  Justice and Futility

                            Panelists:  Tena Alonzo, MA, Director, Dementia Programming,

                                                 Beatitudes Campus

                                     M. Zuhdi Jasser, MD, Internal Medicine & Nuclear

 Cardiology & Chair, Bioethics Committee, Banner Good  

 Samaritan

                                           Kelli Shepard, M.Div, Director, Patient Relations/Service

                                                 Excellence, Banner Good Samaritan

 

                      Moderator for all Case Studies:  Edward Perrin, MD

                             

 3:00–3:30                       Break and Exhibits

 

 3:30-4:15         CASE SUMMARIES AND TAKE HOME POINTS FOR CLINICIANS

                         Joanne Gurin, MD and Edward Perrin, MD                        

 

4:15 pm                           Evaluation & Adjournment