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New York Citizens' Committee on Health Care Decisions
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2008 Free Public Events

"From Memoir to Ethical Wills - Passing Your Values to the Next Generation"
Beverly LeBov Sloane
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM -
Presentation to be given at St. Bartholomew's Church

Annual Members' Reception
Speaker - Josephine Johnston, LLB, MBHL - Hastings Center
Expert in Stem Cell, Embryo and Genetic Research
Thursday, June 19, 2008 -  6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The New York Society for Ethical Culture

"Ethical Wills"
Beverly LeBov Sloane
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentation to be given at Poughkeepsie Galleria in Dutchess County

"Best Medicine?  Drug Marketers, Doctors and the Ethics of Influencing Prescriptions"
John Cornwall, MD and Joel Roselin, MTS
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Presentation to be given at St. Bartholomew's Church

"Ethical Wills"
Beverly LeBov Sloane

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentation to be given at Poughkeepsie Galleria in Dutchess County

Annual Members' Reception
Speaker - Josephine Johnston, LLB, MBHL - Hastings Center
Expert in Stem Cell, Embryo and Genetic Research

Thursday, June 19, 2008 -  6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

The New York Society for Ethical Culture

"From Memoir to Ethical Wills - Passing Your Values to the Next Generation"
Beverly LeBov Sloane

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM -

Presentation to be given at St. Bartholomew's Church


Fall 2006 "Let's Talk" Discussion Series

Where There's A Will -- There's A Way
Four Paths
Living Will - Testamentary Will - Ethical Will - Halachic Will
An In-Depth Exploration To Find "Your Way"
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Spring 2006 "Let's Talk" Discussion Series

Medicare Part D: 
Personalizing Your Prescription Drug Plan
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Community Open Forum: 
Medical - Legal - Ethical - Social Issues
Thursday, May 11, 2006

 


Fall 2005 "Let's Talk" Discussion Series


Palliative Care:  Here, There and Everywhere - Hospital, Hospice, Homecare.
October 20, 2005

Mediation in End-of-Life Care:  A New Paradigm for Resolving Medical Care Conflict.
December 1, 2005


Spring 2005 "Let's Talk" Discussion Series

YOU ASKED FOR IT! --  WE PROVIDED IT!

"Hippa: The New Privacy Regulations - Who's Looking Over Your Shoulder And Why?" Jay Kantor, Ph.D. -  Associate Chairman, Hudson Valley Veterans Affairs Medical System Ethics Committee; Preceptor Medical Ethics, New York Methodist Hospital.
March 9, 2005

"DNR, CPR, DNI, IRB: Who, What, When, Where And Why - A Primer In Whose Best Interest?" Paula Maresca, R.N. - Associate Director of Nursing, New York Methodist Hospital.
April 13, 2005.

"Hospitalists: The New Members of the Medical Team - What Can They Do For You And Why?" Rajan Gurunathan, MD.
May 18, 2005
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Fall 2004 "Let's Talk" Interactive Discussion Series

"SERVING THREE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS - THE DEAF, THE MENTALLY ILL, THE FRAIL ELDERS"

Hospice: Life and Death - Is There A Deaf Way? Paulette Gable, Outreach Coordinator
Continuing Hospice Care at Beth Israel Medical Center.
October 5, 2004

Do You Know Who Your Elder Neighbors Are: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Joan Mintz, MSSW, Executive Director, United Neighbors of East Midtown.
November 9, 2004

Working with Homeless and Formerly Homeless Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Jim Mutton, Director of Residential Services, Project Renewal.
December 7, 2004

 



Let's Talk - Spring 2004

Sharing the Caring: For Patients and Families in Hospital. We're on the Team Get to Know Us.

Leaving the Hospital: Discharge Planning 101
March 10, 2004
5:30PM-7:30PM  

Hospital-Based Patient Advocacy: Patient's Rights, Conflict Resolution and Truth-Telling
April 14, 2004
5:30PM-7:30PM  

Hospital Ethics Committees: A resource for Patient and Family?
May 12, 2004
5:30PM-7:30PM

Annual Members Reception, Thursday June 3, 2004 with guest speaker
Fitzhugh Mullan, author of Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care
6:00-8:30PM, RSVP 212-586-4638

 


Let's Talk - Fall 2003

Pharmaceutical Marketing and Its Implications on Health Care
September 17, October 15 and November 12
5:30PM-7:30PM

Members' Reception
, (All are welcome!)
October 9, 2003
Speaker: Dr. Bernice Harper
"The Modern Health Care System: Access and Diversity"
5:30PM-8:00PM

Speakers Bureau, Fall 2003 Training
October 7, 14, 21, 28
Training Program on Doctor-Patient Relationships
6:00PM-8:00PM

 


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