Ethics of the Heart II: Ethical and Policy Challenges in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease
16 Mar 2012 ~ 17 Mar 2012
| Venue: | BRB II_III Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Campus |
| City: | Philadelphia |
| Province: | PA |
| Country: | United States |
| Event website: | www.med.upenn.edu/... |
| Organiser: | University of Pennsylvania, Continuing Medical Education |
| Contact: | Ansheai Spence |
| Email: | aspence@upenn.edu |
| Tel: | 215-898-6400 |
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| Comment: | The purpose of this educational activity is to convene a multidisciplinary panel of nationally known experts to identify and discuss the most important ethical issues in congenital heart disease, providing a forum for clinicians, ethicists, chaplains, social workers, public health workers and trainees to discuss developments in this field. Participants will be
enabled and encouraged to address these issues in research endeavors, quality improvement initiatives, and policy development and implementation at their home institutions. This activity has been designed for clinicians who provide care to congenital heart disease patients, including physicians, nurses, chaplains, allied health professionals and psychologists; bioethicists, health policy/health administration specialists, public health professionals and trainees from each of these fields; and local, regional and national public health officials. |
MedicaList Event Code: 4306
