Friday, April 4
Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union
PARKING INFORMATION:
Parking will be available in the following lots:
- Woodside Ave. (SE corner of Woodside and Seward)
- Smith Hall
- On-street throughout the area
- Overflow parking with free shuttle available Saturday from Storzer and Rodman lots
* Details subject to change
1:10 p.m. |
Conference Welcome: Dr. David C. Joyce, president, Ripon College |
1:15 p.m. |
UPDATED APRIL 4: JOYCELYN ELDERS WILL NOT BE DELIVERING HER KEYNOTE ADDRESS TODAY. HER FLIGHT TO WISCONSIN WAS CANCELLED.
Plenary Session: Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States “Differential Health Care in African-American Communities”
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2:30 p.m. |
Panel: Costs, Coverage and Community: Diverse Communities
Moderated by Jacqueline Clark, associate professor of Sociology, Ripon College
- Jerry Waukau, Director of Health Services for the Menominee Indian Nation
- Bobby Peterson, founder and Executive Director of ABC for Health, Inc., a nonprofit public-interest law firm in Madison
- Donna Friedsam, Associate Director for Health Policy, Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin
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Saturday, April 5
Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union
10 a.m. |
Plenary Session: Coverage
The Honorable Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services: “The Covered and the Uncovered: The Ethics of Failing to Ensure Health Coverage for all Americans.” |
11 a.m. |
Plenary Session: Costs
Dr. Daniel Callahan, Director of the Hastings Center, “Controlling Health Care Costs” |
12 p.m. |
Panel: Health Care Costs and Coverage
- Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Dr. Daniel Callahan, Director of the Hastings Center
- Others TBA
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2 p.m. |
Plenary Session: End-of-Life Issues
Stephen Kiernan: “The Ethics of End of Life Health Care Treatments,” followed by book signing for Last Rights |
3:15 p.m. |
Panel: Costs, Coverage and Community: End-of-Life Issues
Moderated by Carol Ott, nursing professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Stephen Kiernan, author of Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Health Care System
- Nick Turkal, President and CEO, Aurora Health Care
- Dr. John J. Gregory, Director, Palliative Care Program, Chairman, Bioethics Committee, Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J., and former Administrative Medical Director, Atlantic Hospice
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