tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37169259437458952272024-03-07T22:47:30.839-08:00Health Law Symposium 2010Widener Law Review Symposium 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10307031769518018204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716925943745895227.post-56683193488716484752010-01-14T14:53:00.000-08:002010-01-26T10:39:56.376-08:00Symposium Agenda!<span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" ><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Planning for the March 26, 2010 Health Law Symposium is well underway, and registration has begun! This program will be of interest to attorneys, nurses, doctors, and other health care professionals.</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Widener University (School of Law and School of Nursing) has been hard at work to bring you this symposium!</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">**Submitted for CLE</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">**Submitted for Nursing CE, pending approval by the PSNA</span> (for more information about CE credits, please contact Marcia Bowers, R.N., M.S.N., NE-BC, CPHQ, Continuing Education Coordinator, Widener University School of Nursing at mdbowers@mail.widener.edu)<br /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Register </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://metaphordesignwebs.com/wlrsympregistration.html">here</a><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: left;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" ><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PAYMENT INFORMATION (fee includes materials, lunch, refreshments & reception. )</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">CE, CLE, & CME Registration……………………..$95.00<br />Widener Law Alumni……………………………….$80.00<br />Students………………………………………………….FREE</p></blockquote></span></span></p></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">AGENDA</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8:15-8:45 am</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8:45-9:00 am</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">WELCOME</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">INTRODUCTION<br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dawn Kurtz Crompton</strong></span><br /></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Editor-in-Chief<br /></span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Widener Law Review</span></em></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">OPENING REMARKS</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thaddeus M. Pope, J.D., Ph.D.</strong></span><br />Associate Professor of Law<br />Symposium Co-chair<br />Widener University School of Law</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9:00-10:05 am</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL I – MOLST & ADVANCE CARE PLANNING</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKER:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Patricia A. Bomba, M.D., F.A.C.P.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Vice President and Medical Director, Geriatrics<br />Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10:05-10:20 am</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">REFRESHMENT BREAK</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10:20-11:10 am</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL II – HEALTHCARE DECISIONS LAW</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">MODERATOR:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Susan L. Goldberg, J.D., L.L.M.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Associate Professor of Law<br />Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs<br />Widener University School of Law</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKERS:</span><br /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Charles P. Sabatino, J.D.</span></strong><br />Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Honorable Edward D. Reibman, J.D.</strong></span><br />Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">11:10-12:00 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL III – IMPLEMENTING TREATMENT INSTRUCTIONS: CLINICAL REALITY</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">MODERATOR:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Andrew J. Fichter, J.D., Ph.D.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Associate Professor of Law<br />Executive Director, Institutes<br />Widener University School of Law</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKERS:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Donna Casey, R.N., B.S.N., M.A., NE-BC, FABC</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Nurse Manager, Wilmington Hospital ICU<br />Co-Chair, Ethics Committee<br />Christiana Care Health System</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Eileen M. Gleasner, A.P.N., M.S., C.F.N.P.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12:00-12:50 pm —<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">LUNCHEON – Barrister’s Club (included with registration)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12:50-12:55 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">WELCOME & INTRO TO SECOND HALF OF SYMPOSIUM</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lindsey E. Anderson</strong></span><br />Symposium Coordinator<br />Articles Editor<br />Widener Law Review</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12:55 – 1:55</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>—<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">ETHICAL ISSUES IN REPRESENTING/TREATING THE INCAPACITATED CLIENT/PATIENT</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Susan Del Pesco, J.D., M.A.</strong></span><br />Director, Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection<br />Delaware Health and Social Services</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1:55-2:45 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL IV – EFFECTIVE END OF LIFE COMMUNICATION</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">MODERATOR:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jean M. Eggen, J.D., M.A.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Professor of Law<br />Widener University School of Law</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKERS:</span><br /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Timothy Quill, M.D.<br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">Director of Palliative Care Program<br />Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities<br />University of Rochester Medical Center</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Patricia A. Bomba, M.D., F.A.C.P.<br /></strong></span>Vice President and Medical Director, Geriatrics<br />Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2:45-3:00</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>—<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">REFRESHMENT BREAK</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3:00-4:10 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL V – STATE OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">MODERATOR:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Susan Lloyd, M.S.N., R.N.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>President & CEO<br />Delaware Hospice</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKERS:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jonathan Keyserling, J.D.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Vice President of Public Policy and General Counsel<br />National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kathy Cerminara, J.D., L.L.M.</strong></span><br />Professor of Law<br />Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad School of Law</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Margaret Hutchinson, J.D.</strong></span><br />Assistant U.S. Attorney<br />Eastern District of Pennsylvania</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4:10-4:40 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">PANEL VI – UNDEREXPLORED OPTIONS: VOLUNTARILY STOPPING EATING & DRINKING</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">MODERATOR:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">John Culhane, J.D.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Professor of Law<br />Director, Health Law Institute<br />Co-chair, Symposium<br />Widener University School of Law</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKER:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Judith Schwarz, Ph.D., R.N.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Clinical Coordinator<br />Compassion & Choices of New York</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4:40-5:25 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">WRAPPING UP: FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN END OF LIFE HEALTHCARE DECISION-MAKING</span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">SPEAKER:</span><br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kathryn Tucker, J.D.</strong></span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong>Director of Legal Affairs,<br />Compassion & Choices</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5:25-5:30 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">EVALUATIONS & CERTIFICATES</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5:30-6:00 pm</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION</span></p></span></span>Widener Law Review Symposium 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10307031769518018204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716925943745895227.post-65902130088369487282009-09-08T17:26:00.000-07:002009-11-17T13:49:33.240-08:00Symposium and Call for Papers -- Health Law and the Elderly: Managing Risk at the End of Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><p class="MsoNormal">The Widener Law Review, in partnership with the <a href="http://law.widener.edu/Academics/Institutes/HealthLawInstitute.aspx" style="color: rgb(45, 137, 48);">Widener University School of Law Health Law Institute</a>, Delaware Hospice, the <st1:state><st1:place>Delaware</st1:place></st1:state> End-of-Life Coalition, and others, announces its Symposium titled <i>Health Law and the Elderly: Managing Risk at the End of Life</i>, to be held from <st1:time minute="15" hour="8">8:15 a.m.</st1:time> to <st1:time minute="0" hour="17">5:00 p.m.</st1:time> on Friday, March 26, 2010, in the Ruby Vale Courtroom on Widener’s Wilmington, Delaware campus.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The symposium will be of interest and value to: elder law attorneys, health law attorneys, physicians, hospital administrators, hospital ethics committee members, nurses, social workers, other health professionals, health policy organizations and individuals, and academics involved in these disciplines.<span> </span><st1:state><st1:place>Delaware</st1:place></st1:state> and Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits (including ethics) will be available.<span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The coordinators invite proposals for papers, panels, and presentations on developments concerning issues on or closely related to: advance care planning, POLST, drug laws with regard to palliative care, hospice coverage under Medicare, hospice fraud & abuse, capacity and guardianships, and assistance in dying.</p><p class="MsoNormal">One-page abstracts must be received by <st1:date year="2009" day="30" month="9">September 30, 2009</st1:date>. <span></span>To submit an abstract or project description for consideration, please email a Word or PDF attachment to wlrsymposium2010@gmail.com.<span> </span>All proposals should include the author’s name, title, institutional affiliation and contact information.<span> </span>Authors are also welcome, but not required, to submit a CV. <span></span>By <st1:date year="2009" day="15" month="10">October 15, 2009</st1:date>, proposals will be selected both for presentation and (separately) for publication in the law review.<span> </span>For presenters, both reasonable travel expenses and an honorarium will be provided.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>For further information, visit the Symposium website <a href="http://widenerlawreview.org/?page_id=329" style="color: rgb(45, 137, 48);">here</a> or <a href="http://healthlawsymposium2010.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(45, 137, 48);">here</a>. Or contact Prof. Thaddeus Pope, tmpope@widener.edu.</span></p></span>Widener Law Review Symposium 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10307031769518018204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716925943745895227.post-13071803582463037002009-09-03T17:05:00.000-07:002009-11-17T13:48:01.105-08:00Health Law and the Elderly: Managing Risk at the End of LifeEach year, the <a href="http://law.widener.edu/">Widener University School of Law</a>, in cooperation with the <a href="http://www.widenerlawreview.org/">Widener Law Review</a>, sponsors a symposium that is held at the Law School. This event brings together national and local experts to speak on various facets of timely legal issues. The expert presentations inspire both solicited and unsolicited articles for publication in a subsequent Law Review Volume.<br />—————————————————————–<br />This year we are proud to present SYMPOSIUM 2010<br /><br />Ruby Vale Courtroom<br />March 26, 2010 ● 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />Symposium Co- chairs: Professor <a href="http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/">Thaddeus Pope</a> & Professor John C. Culhane<br />For more information please contact:<br /><a href="mailto:WLRsymposium2010@gmail.com">WLRsymposium2010@gmail.com</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>Symposium Description</strong></span><br /><br />The Widener Law Review’s 2010 annual symposium will be focused on managing risk at the end of life. Local and national experts will address topics such as: advance care planning, POLST, drug laws with regard to palliative care, determining capacity, guardianships, hospice coverage under Medicare, fraud and abuse, and assistance in dying.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>Target Audience</strong></span><br /><br />The symposium will be of interest and value to: elder law attorneys, health law attorneys, physicians, hospital administrators, hospital ethics committee members, nurses, social workers, other health professionals, health policy organizations and individuals, and academics involved in these disciplines.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>Continuing Education<br /></strong></span><br />Delaware and Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits (including ethics) will be available.Widener Law Review Symposium 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10307031769518018204noreply@blogger.com0