Slicing the Pie: Who Decides?
Dates: Mar 31, 2006 - Apr 1, 2006
Access to Healthcare
The purpose of this conference is "to envision new direction for more justice in the allocation of health care resources." The conference will equip participants to:
- Examine the ethical challenges posed by health care and bio-technologies in a world where financial resources do not make them accessible to all.
- Analyze concepts in an ethical framework for addressing such challenges.
- Prepare to advocate for an ethical framework to engage resourece allocation in a biotech world.
Featured speakers include:
- Claretta Y. Dupree, Ph.D., R.N., Director of Research for the Palliative Care Program of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Andrew Fergusson, Physician, M.B., MRCGP, President/CEO of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
- John Kilner, Ph.D., professor of bioethics and contemporary culture and Director of Bioethics Programs at Trinity International University.
For more information and to register, visit the conference web site.
Location:
Madison, Wisconsin
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