2010 Program

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40th Annual Meeting

Copper Mountain Conference Center

Copper Mountain, Colorado

February 20 - 25, 2010

Patient and Caregiver Autonomy:

Re-Examined in the 21st Century

Michael T. Plante, MD

President

Meeting Objectives  

After participating in this program, physicians should be able to:

1. List examples of how the concept of informed consent has evolved in modern history

2. Interpret how physicians and other caregivers’ roles have changed with respect to patient autonomy

3. Illustrate how the media impacts both patient and caregiver autonomy

4. Examine cultural issues which can interfere with effective healthcare in contemporary society

5. List some arguments both in favor and opposed to the viewpoint that Direct to Patient marketing advances the cause of autonomy  

Meeting Program  

Sunday  AM                     February 21    8:00 - 11:00 am  

Moderator:  Michael Plante, MD     

Speaker:  Fredrick R. Abrams, MD

Title:  Informed Consent, Better Late Than Never:  How It Evolved to Become A Pillar of Patient Autonomy         

Sunday  PM                     February 21    4:00 – 6:00 pm  

Moderator: Michael Plante, MD

Speaker: Mark A. Levine, MD

Title: Challenges to Autonomy in an Ethically Reformed Health Care System

Monday  AM             February 22           8:00 –11:00 am  

Moderator: Pat Allen

Speaker: Mark A. Levine, MD

Title: Preserving the Autonomy of Disparate Populations in a Reformed System of Care 

Monday  PM          February 22        4:00-6:00 pm  

Moderator: Pat Allen

Speaker: Lori Alvord, MD

Title: Native American Wisdom and Healing in the Modern World 

Tuesday  AM           February 23    8:00 – 11:00 am  

Moderator: Linda Wahby, MD

Speaker: Lori Alvord, MD

Title: The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: a Native American’s Journey in Medicine         

Tuesday  PM            February 23      

No Program

Wednesday  AM     February 24     8:00 – 11:00 am  

Moderator: Andy Good, MD

Speaker:  Harry Sweeney, JD 

Title: Medicine, Money, Marketing, and Morality – Twenty Years Later  

To follow: Business Meeting  

Wednesday  PM     February 24     4:00 – 6:00 pm  

Moderator:  Jeff Rothenberg, MD

Panel:  Fred Abrams, MD; Lori Alvord, MD; Nancy Johnson, MD; Harry Sweeney, JD

Title:  Marcus Welby or Dr. House: Is the Breakdown of   Autonomy Inevitable?