Contact: Kirsten Steinke
10/12/2006
UCDHSC to Hold Conference on End of Life Issues
| WHAT: | The Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center will host a conference entitled, “Dying in America: The Realities of Choice and Control.” The conference will cover the issues of decision-making at the end of life from statistical, historical, legal, medical, and philosophical standpoints. The principal topics will be an overview of how Americans die, dying through the lens of past times and cultures, advance directive options, and the Colorado state law that guides decision-making on the matter. Local, national and international speakers will address these subjects. |
| WHY: | In the wake of Terry Schiavo’s controversial death, many questions regarding decision-making at the end of life remain unanswered. This forum will address these issues from a variety of angles. |
| WHO: | Mark Yarborough, PhD, Daniel Johnson, MD, Sharon E. Caulfield, JD, Timothy Quill, MD, Margaret Pabst Battin, PhD, and Gerrit Kimsma, MD will speak. Members of the public concerned with issues of death and dying are invited to attend. |
| WHEN: | Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, from 5:45 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: | University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons Campus, Research Complex 1, Hensel Phelps West Auditorium |
| COST: | Payment of $30 by check is required. Interested parties may register by emailing MaryLou.Wallace@uchsc.edu or calling (303) 315-5096. Members of the press may waive this fee by contacting the office of public relations at (303) 724- 1520 prior to the event. |
For more information, please call (303) 315-5096 or visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu/cbh