WEBINAR Enriching Health Care Outcomes: Preparation for Consent and Capacity Board Hearings
End-of-life series of courses draws attention to the way this Supreme Court decision highlights differences between the law, ethics, and morality. The courses help Health Practitioners understand what things can be done internally before going to the Consent and Capacity Board.
- (1888PressRelease) October 23, 2013 - TORONTO, Ontario - EthicScan is offering a series of five webinars and courses in "End Of Life Series" education program. The first offering, a 90 minute webinar scheduled for November 12, 2013, describes what the recent Court decisions mean for hospital policies and procedures regarding "informed consent" for end of life decisions. The webinar is relevant for end of life care physicians, nurses, chaplains, patient rights advocates, and administrators in hospitals and nursing homes.
David Nitkin, EthicScan's President, draws attention to the way this Supreme Court decision highlights differences between the law, ethics, and morality. The Justices affirm the requirement in law that, in jurisdictions which have Consent and Capacity Boards, physicians must get consent for removing life-sustaining, interventions, like ventilators and feeding tubes.
Mark Handelman, a health care lawyer is one of the EthicScan program Instructors. He says: "Given the affirmation of the patient's interests as paramount, health practitioners and facilities will have to learn how to manage an increasing demand for "doing everything."
Jonathan Breslin, a bioethics expert says, "The process in these situations is important as no single decision making tool or model will suffice. For Physicians who are reluctant to challenge SDM decisions at the CCB for various reasons, this webinar will help you understand that there are things you can do internally to help resolve many of these disagreements before going to the CCB. "
Nitkin notes: "This first webinar in the series is particularly useful for professionals from smaller hospitals that don't have ethicists on staff and may not even have fully functioning ethics committees - they are the organizations who will be in most need of help, and these courses and webinars are an opportunity for them to discover what you can do to help anticipate and resolve many of these disagreements before going to the CCB."
To get more information and register for these "End of Life Series" courses and webinars, please visit http://www.ethicscan.ca/what-does-supreme-court-judgement-mean-health-practitioners-ethicscan-end-life-series-webinars/ or contact David Nitkin at David ( @ ) ethicscan dot ca. 416 783 6776 ex 102.
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