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The
7th Annual Conference on
Contemporary
Catholic
Healthcare
Ethics
October 9-10, 2008
at
Loyola
University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois
Register today!
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
FORM ·
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
This conference, co-sponsored by
The
Catholic Health Association of the United States, the
Illinois Catholic Health
Association, and the
Neiswanger
Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine
will bring together a diverse body of scholars
and experts to discuss moral, social and clinical foundations of Catholic
healthcare ethics, to apply conceptual resources to current problems, and to
confront moral challenges on the horizon for Catholic healthcare providers.
We
will offer ongoing ethics education through targeted and pertinent
presentations for a variety of professionals in Catholic healthcare,
including but not limited to:
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Chaplains
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Mission Leadership
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Social Workers
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Executive Leadership
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Physicians
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Ethics Community Members
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Nurses
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Sponsors
 Our annual
Contemporary Catholic Healthcare
Ethics Conference
offers a unique and collegial venue for healthcare
providers to acquire practical and theoretical resources for improving the
delivery of Catholic healthcare in our contemporary and varied settings.
The conference consists of two components:
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Plenary
sessions that explores pressing issues of wide-ranging issues in Catholic healthcare ethics, and;
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small
group sessions in which participants discuss creative strategies to address contemporary, clinical challenges in
healthcare.
Conference Objectives:  
After participating in this
conference, persons should be able to:
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Discuss the theological, social and legal foundations pertinent
to
Catholic healthcare ethics in our contemporary context.
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Analyze the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare
Services and interpret their meaning for ethical
issues arising in
healthcare.
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Identify and describe clinical, social and global concerns
pertinent to
the delivery of Catholic healthcare in our contemporary context.
Featured
Plenary Speakers:
Carol Taylor,
RN, MSN, PhD
Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown
University
Reverend Bryan Massingale, STD
Associate
Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette University
Reverend Tom
Nairn, OFM, PhD
Erica and Harry John Family Professor of Catholic Ethics,
Catholic Theological Union
Reverend Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD
Senior Associate Dean,
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of
Medicine
Joseph R. Swedish, FACHE
President & CEO, Trinity
Health
Conference Co-Directors:
John Hardt, PhD
and Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Conference brochure and complete schedule will be mailed in July.
Send us an email to be added to our mailing list:
rhiller@lumc.edu
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