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Live Seminar: Toward a Common Goal: Medical and Legal Issues in End of Life Care

Date: August 7, 2009
Time: 8:30a.m. - 4:45p.m.

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Seminar Agenda
  8:30 a.m.  Registration
  8:50 a.m.  Welcome and Opening Remarks
                   Jerome E. Kurent, M.D., MPH
                   Professor of Medicine, Neurosciences & Psychiatry, MUSC
                   M. Leigh Flynn, Esquire
                   Law Office of Leigh Flynn, LLC
  9:00 a.m.  Decision-Making for the Incapacitated Adult : Planned or
                   Unplanned; Legal Documents and Legal Process for Surrogate
                   Decision Makers (DPA, HCPAs, LW, EMS-DNR, Guardianships,
                   Adult Health Care Consent Act
                   The Honorable Jacqueline D. Belton
                   Richland County Probate Judge
                   The Honorable Amy W. McCulloch
                   Richland County Probate Judge
                   Kathryn C. DeAngelo, Esquire
                   Kathryn Cook DeAngelo Law Firm
10:30 a.m.  Mid-morning Break
10:45 a.m.  Ethical Dimensions of Palliative Care and End of Life Care in SC
                   Jerome E. Kurent, M.D., MPH
                   Professor of Medicine, Neurosciences & Psychiatry, MUSC
11:30 a.m.  Medical Futility and Medical Decision-Making
                   Sally A. Webb, M.D.
                   Clinical Associate Professor, MUSC
12:15 p.m.  Lunch (included)
  1:30 p.m.  Determining Competence from a Legal Perspective
                   Franchelle C. Millender, Esquire
                   Sherrill Roof Millender, LLP
  2:00 p.m.  Intractable Pain and Suffering and Role of Palliative Care
                   Paul Rousseau, M.D.
                   Associate Professor, MUSC
  2:45 p.m.  When There is No One:  The Need for Public Guardianship in
                   South Carolina
                   M. Leigh Flynn, Esquire
                   Law Office of Leigh Flynn, LLC
  3:15 p.m.  Mid-afternoon Break
  3:30 p.m.  Challenges in Providing Palliative Care and End of Life in a Long
                   Term Care Facility
                   Keith Guest, M.D.
                   Senior Health Associates
  4:15 p.m.  The Role of the Probate Court in End of Life Care
                   The Honorable Debora A. Faulkner
                   Greenville County Probate Judge
  4:45 p.m.  Adjourn

About the Seminar
End of life care is fraught with complications from both the medical and legal perspectives.  What are the issues?  Who makes the decisions?  How is the decision-making process determined?

This ground-breaking conference, to be held at the William L. Yates Conference Center of the South Carolina Hospital Association, will help doctors, lawyers, and administrators better understand the convergence of our roles in guiding patients and their families through the labyrinth that is “end of life care.”  Our distinguished faculty is composed of some of South Carolina ’s most experienced physicians, attorneys, and judges - all of whom are faced with these difficult and complex issues on a daily basis.  By listening to and interacting with these different perspectives, you will gain the kind of practical and powerful knowledge that you can carry back to your practice and help you better serve your patients and clients during one of life’s most challenging times.

Co-Sponsored by the South Carolina Bar-CLE Division and the South Carolina Medical Association, this exciting, first-ever event is a unique opportunity you don’t want to miss in order to expand your knowledge of the critical end of life issues that impact doctors and lawyers.

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours.

Event Type: Seminars