Past Events Archive
2024
Do You Believe in Miracles? Productively Engaging Patients’ Hopes for a Miracle
- Devan Stahl, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor University
- Trevor M. Bibler, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital
How should clinicians respond to a patient’s or family’s hope for a “miracle”? What if the family’s hope for a miracle means continuing on a recovery-focused path even when clinicians believe recovery is not possible and further life-…
Ethics At the Intersection: Discussing End of Life Choices With American Indian and Alaska Native Patients
- Mary J. Owen, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) have cultural practices for all phases of life that have been in existence for thousands of years. Despite US government policies aimed at eradicating AIAN culture, the Indigenous Peoples of this…
Reimagining Rural Health Equity: Understanding Disparities And Advancing Rural Policy, Practice, And Research
- Anne Sosin, MPH, Dartmouth College
- Elizabeth Carpenter-Song, PhD, Dartmouth College
Decades of underinvestment in rural communities, health care, and public health institutions left rural America uniquely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the pandemic prompted creative actions to meet immediate health…
Ending Unequal Treatment: A Systems Approach
- Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, American Public Health Association
- Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MS, FACP, University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care impact individual well-being, contribute to millions of premature deaths, and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Addressing these inequities is vital to…
A Patient's Last Chapter: Ethical Considerations for VSED, Euthanasia, and MAID
- Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
Currently, there is significant controversy regarding whether and how patients may work with clinicians to influence the time and manner of their death at the end of life. This session will describe treatment options that might allow…
Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care
- Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
- Justin Penny, DO, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
Surveys report that 60% of physicians reported that it was more ethically problematic and psychologically difficult to withdraw life-sustaining interventions than to withhold them (Chung et al). Is there a meaningful ethical difference…
Separating Fact from Fiction: Developmental and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Gender Health
- A. Kade Goepferd, MD, Children's Minnesota
- Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children's Minnesota
Even though an increasing amount of data shows the benefits of gender affirming healthcare for transgender and gender diverse youth and their families, in 2023 close to half of all transgender and gender diverse youth in the US lost their…
Inequality & the Environment: Moving from Science to Action that Advances Environmental Justice and Health Equity
- Lara Cushing, PhD, MPH, University of California Los Angeles
People of color are more likely to breathe dirty air, drink contaminated water, and live near hazardous waste sites, industrial agriculture operations, and other sources of pollution. The accelerating impacts of climate change are having…
The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making
- Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children's Minnesota
Medical decision-making involving adolescents can offer many challenges. As children age we want them to be more involved in decisions regarding their bodies and about their care. Because adolescents are not yet completely adults, there…
Health, Equity and Climate Change
- Julian Sheather, PhD, Consultant, World Health Organization
According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the single biggest threat facing humanity. Tackling the health threats of climate change, including by mitigation and adaptation, will be critical in the coming decades. Climate…