2010 Annual Meeting | Case Studies: Clinical Ethics, Professionalism, and Evidence-based Care of Patients with Severe Life-limiting Neurologic Disease

Date Wednesday 04/14/10

Time 06:45 AM - 08:30 AM Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program is not expected to be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type Breakfast Seminar

Director(s) Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN

Topic(s)

Learning Objectives Participants should be familiar with principles of clinical ethics and pain and palliative care as they apply to the practical management of patients with severe life-limiting neurologic disease.

CME Available No CME available

Core Competencies Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Systems-based Practice

Recommended Audience Trainee, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist, Non-neurologist

Teaching Styles Case-based, Didactic, Interactive, Audience Participation

Event Timeline
06:30 AM - 08:30 AM		Breakfast
06:45 AM - 06:50 AM		Introduction Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
06:50 AM - 07:10 AM		Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to the Practice of Neurology–Looking Beyond the Ivory Tower James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
07:10 AM - 07:30 AM		Case Studies: Clinical Ethics, Professionalism, and Evidence-based Care of Patients with Severe Life-Limiting Neurologic Disease James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
07:30 AM - 07:50 AM		Case Studies: Ethical and Practical Issues Confronting the Neurologist Caring for Patients with Life-Limiting Disease: Withholding, Withdrawal of Care, Futility, Abandonment, Physician-Assisted Suicide Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
07:50 AM - 08:30 AM		Discussion of Faculty and Conference Attendee Patient Cases

Faculty Disclosures
Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN	Dr. Kurent has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Expert Witness for Young Clement Rivers, LLP.
James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN	Dr. Bernat has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Physician's Index for Ethics in Medicine. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health UL1TR001086. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health ME-1609-36174. Dr. Bernat has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care.