Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/14/2020
8:30 am - 6:15 pm
Location
Notre Dame Seminary
Categories
The St. John Paul II Foundation is excited to announce the 2nd Converging Roads health care ethics conference in New Orleans, LA on Saturday, March 14, 2020. The conference, on the topic of Dignity & Disability in Medicine, will be held at Notre Dame Seminary, and is presented collaboratively by the Foundation, the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and Notre Dame Seminary.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
ABOUT
Converging Roads is a regional conference series offering continuing education for health care professionals that equips them to practice the highest ethical and medical standards of their profession. Through collaboration with dioceses, hospitals, and universities, Converging Roads provides health care professionals, chaplains, students, and administrators with the most up-to-date training in health care ethics enabling them to more effectively care for their patients. Open to all, regardless of faith tradition, Converging Roads is rooted in the Hippocratic and Catholic ethical tradition and is presented in multiple locations across the country each year.
TOPICS
A Life Worth Living: Dignity, Hope, & Compassion in the Face of Disability – J.D. Flynn
Accompanying the Disabled in Utero and in the First Year of Life: Medical & Pastoral Interventions – DiAnn Ecret, Ph.D., MSN, RN, MA cert.
The Impact of Disabilities on Determining Whether Care is Morally Obligatory or Optional – John Meinert, Ph.D.
The Ethics of Refusing Treatment for Patients who are Actively Dying or Demented – Deacon Alan Rastrelli, M.D.
Creating Hospitals & Clinics that are Patient-Centric and Honor the Dignity of the Person – Thomas Neal, Ph.D. and Landon Roussel, M.D.
Continuing education credits for healthcare professionals will be offered.
For more information and registration, visit the conference website https://bit.ly/35PdepR or email Conference Coordinator Sara Dietz at sara@forlifeandfamily.org.
