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The 8th Annual Conference on
Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics

October 9, 2009
at

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois
 

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:

 

  • Chaplains

  • Mission Leadership

  • Social Workers

  • Executive Leadership

  • Physicians

  • Ethics Community Members

  • Nurses

  • 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.

 

 

 

 

Conference Objectives: 

After participating in this conference, persons should be able to:

 

  • Discuss the theological, social and legal foundations pertinent to Catholic healthcare ethics in our contemporary context.

  • Analyze the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services and interpret their meaning for ethical issues arising in healthcare.

  • Identify and describe clinical, social and global concerns
    pertinent to the delivery of Catholic
    healthcare in our contemporary context.

 

Featured Plenary Speakers:
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“Prayer and Clinical Practice: Reflections of a Neurosurgeon”

Douglas Anderson, MD

Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL

 

Conscience and Candor: Clinical Ethics for an Age of Moral Pluralism”

Farr Curlin, MD

University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

 

“Dying in America: Is the Ground Shifting?”

Ron Hamel, PhD

Catholic Health Association, St. Louis, MO

 

“And the Prayer of Faith will Raise Them Up: Anointing and Prayer in the Clinical Setting"

Therese Lysaught, PhD

Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

 

"Bioethics as a Vocation"

Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

 

Conference Committee:

John Hardt, PhD, Co-Director

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

 

Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM, Co-Director
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL


MaryJo Letizia, RN, PhD, APN, CNP

Loyola University Chicago Niehoff School of Nursing, Chicago, IL

 

Mark Kuczewski, PhD

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

 


 

Continuing Medical Education: CME and Continuing Education Units (CEU) have been applied for. Click here for continuing education information.

 

Program Site/Accommodations:  The 8th Annual Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics: Conference, will be held at the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 S. First Avenue, Bldg 120, Maywood, IL, 60153.  Parking will be available in Visitor’s Parking Lot 4.

 

A block of guest rooms has been reserved at the Carleton Hotel of Oak Park, 1110 Pleasant Street, Oak Park, IL 60302.  To make your reservation, contact the hotel directly at 708-848-5000 or 888-227-5386 to receive the negotiated rate of $148 for single rooms, $168 for double rooms.  Your reservation must be received by September 10, 2009.  Be sure to mention Group #1254 when reserving your room.  Shuttle bus services will be provided from hotel to conference site.

 

Air Travel:  For all travel arrangements, please call CHA’s travel provider, American Express, at 314-253-3442, or email your request to travel@chausa.org and identify yourself as a “Catholic Healthcare Ethics” attendee.  Registrants who purchase restrictive airfares are responsible for all penalties.

 

Special Needs:  Loyola University Chicago fully intends to comply with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If participants are in need of special accommodations, please do not hesitate to notify us at 708-327-9200, or by fax, 708-327-9209, at least four weeks prior to the conference.

 

Notices:  During this meeting you may be photographed, video taped, and/or recorded by Loyola University Chicago and/or the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).  By attendance or participation in discussion, an individual agrees that Loyola and/or CHA may photograph, copy/record, and/or distribute your participation and involvement in any program discussion.  No person or organizations other than Loyola and CHA may audiotape or videotape any portion of this program without prior written permission of Loyola and CHA.

 

Cancellation:  To cancel your registration, please contact us at 708-327-9200, or by fax, 708-327-9209.  To qualify for refund, minus a $25 processing fee, your cancellation must be in writing and received no later than September 18, 2009. Cancellation requests must be in writing (via fax or email) in order to process a refund. There is no charge for sending a substitute.

 

Loyola and CHA reserve the right to change speakers or modify program content.

 

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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