WHYY Hosts Forum About ETHICAL DILEMMAS AT THE END OF LIFE; Art Caplan to Deliver Keynote Address

WHYY Hosts Forum About ETHICAL DILEMMAS AT THE END OF LIFE; Art Caplan to Deliver Keynote Address

WHAT: WHYY Wider Horizons and the Caring Community coalition will host LIVING WITH GRIEF: ETHICAL DILEMMAS AT THE END OF LIFE, an all-day forum on the ethical dilemmas that can arise at the end of life, including issues faced by Terry Schiavo's family. The morning session will feature a keynote address by medical ethicist Art Caplan, Ph.D., and an expert panel discussion that will explore the end of life issues faced by individuals, their families, and health care professionals, including decisions concerning those with physical and mental disabilities. In the afternoon, participants will watch the Hospice Foundation of America's Twelfth Annual Living with Grief Teleconference, hosted by Cokie Roberts, National Public Radio Senior News Analyst and ABC News Correspondent. The teleconference will offer constructive advice to those who are facing the difficult circumstances that surround caring for someone who is dying. The entire day's events will be webcast live on http://www.widerhorizons.org/.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Keynote address by Art Caplan is 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

WHERE: WHYY, Independence Mall West, 150 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia

WHO: Art Caplan, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, and Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, will give an overview of the past, present and future of end of life issues. John Goodill, M.D., Director of Pain Management and Palliative Care Program, Christiana Care Health System, will present the health professionals' perspective and provide an ethical framework for the day's discussion. Other panelists include Michele Mathes, J.D., attorney and consultant on long-term care and ethics; Debra J. Lynn-McHale, a postdoctoral fellow from Yale University; and Joan Menocal, a community member, who will discuss the personal experiences and ethical issues at the end of life. Lowell Arye, M.S.S.A., Executive Director, Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities, as well as Jeffrey Kauffman, Instructor, Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Kim Overby, M.D., Medical Director, Elwyn, Inc., will lead a discussion on the special circumstances that can be faced by individuals with physical and/or mental disabilities at end of life.

Contact: Daneil Mazone 215-351-3316, dmazone@whyy.org

PRNewswire -- April 19

Source: WHYY

Web site: http://www.whyy.org/ http://www.widerhorizons.org/

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