Center for Bioethics & Humanities
to host conference on end of life issues
The Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Denver will host a conference titled, “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 conference will be held Monday, Oct. 30, 5:45 to 9 p.m., in Research Complex 1, Hensel Phelps West Auditorium.
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.
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.
Speakers include Mark Yarborough, PhD, Daniel Johnson, MD, Sharon E. Caulfield, JD, Timothy Quill, MD, Margaret Pabst Battin, PhD, and Gerrit Kimsma, MD. Members of the public concerned with issues of death and dying are invited to attend.
Payment of $30 by check is required. Interested parties may register by emailing MaryLou.Wallace@uchsc.edu or calling (303) 315-5096.
For more information, call (303) 315-5096 or visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu/cbh
