June 1997
Volume Four, Number Six
Co-Directors:
Gerald Logue, MD and Stephen Wear, PhD
Associate Director:
Jack Freer, MD
Research Associate:
Adrianne McEvoy
Address:
Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215
Telephone: 862-3412 FAX: 862-4748
Website:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/
Send E-mail to: wear@acsu.buffalo.edu.
BIOBUL-LIST is strictly used for distribution of "Bioethics Bulletin" and is mainly for those outside of Western New York. If you have further questions about this service, contact Jack Freer at 887-4852 or at: jfreer@buffalo.edu.
Upcoming Center Meetings
The Center currently has three committees: Community Affairs,
Education and Research. All Center members are welcome to
participate in these committees.
10:00 AM- 11:00 AM: City Wide Ethics Grand Rounds. Case Presentations. Millard Fillmore Hospital, Gates Circle, Webster Hall.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: "Truth Telling in Clinical Practice: The Evolution of a New Ethic." Erie County Medical Center, Second Floor, Doctor's Dining Room.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Seminar on "Reconstructing Hospital Care for Dying Patients: A Data Based Reform." Buffalo General Hospital, Swift Auditorium. Data from the recent _Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment_ (SUPPORT) indicate that the care of hospitalized dying patients continues to be inadequate. Dr. Fins has proposed a restructuring of hospital care for dying patients through the introduction of a hospice-like alternative-care unit designed to provide palliative care to dying patients who have been transferred from critical-care units. Critics have suggsested that establishing a new unit does not address the core social and cultural issues that stand in the way of improved care for the dying. Dr. Fins will address these issues drawing on data from New York Hospital. A panel of local experts will respond, including:
Susan Krasner, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
University Pain Treatment Program
Catherine Lyons, RN MS
Co-chair Ethics Committee
Vice President for Nursing
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Robert Milch, MD
Medical Director, Hospice Buffalo
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Adjunct Assistant Professor Family Medicine
Susan Schwartz, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Head, Department of Medicine Buffalo General Hospital
Professor of Clinical Medicine
For further information, please contact Jack Freer, MD at 871-1571, jfreer@buffalo.edu.
Thursday, June 5. "Evaluating Medical Learning in a Generalist Practice" in the Ambulatory Setting - Research in Progress. Presenters: Paul James, MD and Donald Pollock, PhD. 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM. Lippshutz Room, Biomedical Education Building, SUNY-Buffalo South Campus. Sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, through the Department of Medicine. Approved for 1.0 hours of AMA/PRA Category 1 credit. For further information contact Beverly Horrigan at 887-5016 (e-mail: bhorriga@mfhs.edu).
Thursday, June 5. "HIV/AIDS: Medical, Legal and Clinical Aspects." Presenters: Michael M. Lederman, MD: "Pathogenesis of HIV Disease: Implications for Clinical Management"; Ross G. Hewitt, MD: "Clinical Aspects of AIDS"; Jennifer A. Coleman, Esq.: "Legal Aspects of HIV Illness." 3:30 PM- 6:00 PM. Buffalo Marriott Hotel, 134 Millersport Highway. City-Wide Grand Rounds, SUNY-Buffalo Department of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Approved for up to 2.25 hours of AMA/PRA Category 1 credit. For information, contact Marie Wysocki at 898-3941; fax 898-3279.
Monday, June 23. "Research Involving Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes in the Toronto Jewish Community: An Approach to Community Involvement at One Institution." Speaker: Dr. Pamela J. Goodwin, Director, Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre. Noon-1:00 PM, Seminar Room 968, Samuel Lunenfield Research Institute, 9th Floor, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto. For information, contact Charles Weijer, MD at 1-416-586-4800.
Thursday, July 24. "Cancer and Genetics." Noon. Buffalo Marriott Hotel, 1340 Millersport Highway. Quarterly Grand Rounds - Sponsored by the SUNY-Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, through the Department of Family Medicine. Approved for AMA/PRA Category 1 credit. For further information contact Holmes McGuigan at 898-5212.
The State Society on Aging of New York announces its 25th Annual Conference, October 22-24, 1997, at the Desmond in Albany, New York. The conference theme is: "Building Generational and Cultural Bridges: A 25th Anniversary." Deadline for abstracts is June 2, 1997. Questions about the program and abstracts should be addressed to: Duane A. Matcha, PhD, SSA Program Chair, Department of Sociology, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, New York 12211-1462; telephone: 518-783-2944; fax: 518-783-4293; e-mail: matcha@siena.edu.
The Medical Director of Hospice Association, Dr. Robert Milch, co-wrote an article with Geoffrey P. Dunn, MD, the medical director of Great Lakes Hospice in Erie, Pa. Entitled "The Role of the Surgeon in Palliative Care", it was published in the April 1997 issue of The American College of Surgeons Bulletin. The article focuses on the lack of attention given to the topic of surgeons and their role in palliative medicine, the valuable role surgeons can play in palliation and the importance of offering pain and symptom control as part of surgical training.