Symposium Agenda
9:00AM - 9:30AM: Registration
9:30AM - 10:30AM: Opening Plenary
Jacques D’Amboise, Life & Death of a Dancer
10:30AM - 11:00AM: Coffee Break
11:00AM - 12:30PM: Session 1 (Click here for detailed session descriptions)
Arc of Change: Past is Prologue
Robert Raben
Beyond Guilt & Inadequacy: A New Social Attitude
Craig Bowron
The Problem is Real: The Promise and Perils of Aggressive Care
Timothy Quill, MD
12:30PM - 2:00PM: Plenary
Elmer Huerta, What We See: Or Would Like to See
2:30PM - 4:00PM: Session 2 (Click here for detailed session descriptions)
Whose Choice?: Refusal and Conscience Clauses
Lois Uttley
A Trend That's Killing Us: The Epidemic of Murder / Suicides
Donna Cohen
Social Change: In the Context of End-of-Life Care
Kathryn Tucker
4:00PM - 4:15PM: Coffee Break
4:15PM - 5:30PM: Session 3 (Click here for detailed session descriptions)
It's All About Me: Passing Patient-Centered Bills
Licy Do Canto
It's All in the Family: Reflections on End-of-Life Decisions
Rev. Jennifer Brower, Bill Clarke and Lisa Osborne
Tearing Down the Wall?: Separation of Church and State
Barry Lynn
How We Die Today: Ritual & Ceremony at the End of Life
Jim Green
6:00PM - 7:30PM: Symosium Reception
7:30PM & 9:15PM: Special Film Preview
Last Rights: Facing End-of-Life Choices
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
9:00AM - 10:30AM: Session 1 (Click here for detailed session descriptions)
Consumer-Driven Change
Michael Manganiello
Lessons from Oregon
Ann Jackson
Theology of Compassion
Rev. Madison Shockley
Language Matters: Writing About End-of-Life Issues
Kathy Bonk
10:30AM - 11:00AM: Coffee Break
11AM - 12:15PM: Session 2 (Click here for detailed session descriptions)
Electrifying the Electorate: Messages that Move
John Rowley
Seven Principles: Patient Centered End-of-Life Care
Barbara Coombs Lee
What's Queer About Dying?: Issues Facing the LGBT Community
Nancy D. Polikoff
The Art of Death: Final Choices in Art
Phyllis Tuchman
12:30PM - 2:00PM: Plenary
Jane Brody, The Way Forward
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