Extending Life
Dates: Mar 6, 2008 - Mar 8, 2008
Hosted by: Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Setting the Agenda for the Ethics of Aging, Death, and Immortality
From the conference website:
The conference will equip participants to:
- Understand the clinical and social experience of aging, especially in the American context.
- Anticipate developments in the near future of healthcare, science, biotechnology, medical law, and the impact on humanity.
- Appreciate the medical, social, and cultural context in which death is experienced.
- Prepare to address the current and future challenges of aging and the quest for immortality.
- Identify the assumptions behind various strategies for immortality, including transhumanism.
- Learn ways that palliative care, hospice, and other modalities can re-frame the crises associated with the experience of dying.
- Gain an awareness of national, state, and international developments in the legal status of assisted suicide and euthanasia.
- Develop effective strategies for facing the ethical, legal, and social implications of aging and the pursuit of immortality.
For details about the schedule, speakers, housing, academic credit options, registration, and more, visit the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity website.
Location:
Grace Inn Conference Center
Phoenix, Arizona
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