Third International Conference on End of Life Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice

Here is the program for the Third International Conference on End of Life Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice. Pretty awesome.  
Thursday 7 March, 2019
08.30-09.00Registration & Welcome Coffee
09.00-09.10Welcome by the Chair of the Scientific Committee – Kenneth Chambaere (BE)
09.10-09.30Introduction by an external speaker (TBC)
Plenary 1: Latest developments in assisted dying around the world
09.30-10.00Developments in European countries – Agnes van der Heide (NL)
10.00-10.30Recent developments and the future of MAiD in Canada – Jocelyn Downie (CAN)
10.30-11.00A review of developments in Australia – Lindy Willmott (AUS)
11.00-11.15Comfort Break
11.15-12.00Global Panel
12.00-13.00Lunch
Parallel Sessions 113.00-14.30
ASSISTED DYING & IDEOLOGY
MAiD in Canada – 2 years of experience Green-Wiebe-Gokool-Daws (CAN)Euthanasia embedded in palliative care? – Bernheim (BE)
‘Pillarization’ as/and biopolitics. Institutional shaping of the requests for euthanasia in Belgium: a sociological approach – Hamarat (BE)
What do we know about the attitudes of Australian doctors to legalised assisted dying? – Rutherford (AUS)
Euthanasia in Italy: A battle between religion and secularism – Agterberg (IT)
CAPACITY
Cognitive Distortions and Capacity in MAID Requests where Mental Illness is Present – Dembo (CAN)
Executive dysfunction and capacity for medical decision-making in MAID Requests – T...

Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 18, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs