2009 Two-day Seminars:
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Each fall The National Catholic Bioethics Center presents a series of
two-day seminars in various cities across the United States to address
current topics in bioethics. These seminars are intended to benefit
health care workers, clergy, those involved in research in the life
sciences, members of ethics committees, and others who provide spiritual
support and counsel to patients and their families. Those simply
interested in the Church's moral tradition in health care will also find
them accessible and informative. The organizing framework for the curriculum is the application of The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Service to critical issues raised in medicine and the life sciences. The seminars are structured to equip participants with the awareness to present, analyze, and resolve complex bioethical dilemmas encountered in clinical education and research from an interdisciplinary perspective. |
Topics covered include:
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Prenatal and Neonatal Complications
- Stem Cell Research and Cloning
- Ordinary and Extraordinary Means
- Determination of Death and Organ Transplantation
- Issues of Cooperation between Catholic and Non-Catholic Institutions
Philadelphia, PA |
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Denver, CO. |
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$225 Individual
$180. Full Time Students
Click for information on NCBC membership.
Registration fees include:
- Full participation in the seminar
- One copy of the seminar program book
- One copy of Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Ethics Committees
- Continental breakfasts and refreshments.
- Those who register as non-members will receive a one-year, Individual Membership in the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
- NCBC Staff Ethicists (click to read staff biographies)
- Gerald P. Corcoran, MD. Family Practice Physician and President of Needham Family Practice, Needham, MA.
- Lorna Cvetkovich, MD, FACOG. Caritas Center for Women. 25 years of clinical experience in OB-GYN and serves as a NFP medical consultant.
- Francis Delmonico, MD. Transplant Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital; Medical Director of the New England Organ Bank; Consultant, World Health Organization.
- Eugene F. Diamond, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Past Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
- Vincent M Fortanasce, MD. Asst. Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California; Board Certified Neurologist and Psychiatrist; Member of Combined Bioethics Board of the Los Angeles Bar and County Medical Society.
- Sr. Suzanne Gross, F.S.E. Administrator of the Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, Pro-Life Program Coordinator for the Diocese of Hartford, Chairman of the Board of the Physician's Health Alliance in Meriden, CT
- Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
- Joseph Piccione, J.D., S.T.L., Corporate Ethicists, OSF Healthcare; Faculty Member, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL
Physicians:
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center is accredited by the Connecticut State Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. This Conference has been approved by Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center for a maximum of 11 hours of Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award™.
Objectives for the course are stated as follows:
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Nurses:
This Continuing Nursing Education Activity was Approved by the Connecticut Nurses' Association, an Accredited Approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation 11.9 Contact Hours will be awarded.
To achieve these Contact Hours, attendees must sign in and attend all sessions, in their entireties, and complete the seminar evaluation forms.
Chaplains:
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains has granted 12.3 Continuing Education Credit Hours for these seminars.
The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics:
The National Catholic Bioethics Center offers a one-year online certification program for those interested in a more in depth study. Click for more details
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM
For additional information please email or phone Julie Kelley at 215-877-2660
