2009 Annual Meeting | Ethics, Clinical Practice, and Challenges in Neurogeriatric Care for the 21st Century

Date Thursday 04/15/10

Time 02:15 PM - 06:00 PM Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program is not expected to be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type PM Half-Day Course

Director(s) Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN

Topic(s) Aging/Dementia/Degenerative Disease, Practice Management

Learning Objectives Participants should have an increased ability to solve medical-ethical dilemmas confronting the neurologist in providing comprehensive ethical care for geriatric patients with life-limiting neurologic disease; have an enhanced appreciation for obtaining informed consent, respecting patient autonomy, and determing medical decision-making capacity and competence, and the role of advance directives for the patient with dementia; be able to discuss ethical dimensions of diagnostic testing of asymptomatic individuals at risk for developing dementia; and have an enhanced knowledge of perceived medical futility, as well as evidence for and against artificial hydration and nutrition in the patient with advanced dementia.

CME Available No CME available

Core Competencies Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Systems-based Practice

Program Level Advanced

Recommended Audience Practitioner, Fellow, Academician, Resident, Other

Event Timeline
02:15 PM - 02:30 PM		Introduction: The Increasing Burden of Neurologic Disease in Our Rapidly Aging Population Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
02:30 PM - 02:55 PM		The Patient with Dementia: Defining the Patient-Physician Relationship, Disclosing the Diagnosis, Consent and Competence, and Advance Directives James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
02:55 PM - 03:05 PM		Questions and Answers James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
03:05 PM - 03:30 PM		The Role of Apo-E and Other Genetic Tests in Asymptomatic Individuals at Risk for Developing Dementia: to Test, or Not to Test? Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN
03:30 PM - 03:40 PM		Questions and Answers Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN
03:40 PM - 04:05 PM		Ethical Issues Related to Research Participation by Patients Diagnosed with Dementia Jason H. Karlawish, MD
04:05 PM - 04:15 PM		Questions and Answers Jason H. Karlawish, MD
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM		Break
04:30 PM - 04:55 PM		Can Perceived Medical Futility Be Defined, or Does Futility Mean Different Things to Different People? Are There Practical Limits to Providing Care and Caring? Robert Pearlman, MD, MPH
04:55 PM - 05:05 PM		Questions and Answers Robert Pearlman, MD, MPH
05:05 PM - 05:30 PM		Tube Feeding for the Terminally Ill Patient With Alzheimer's Disease: Weighing the Evidence for and Against, with Review of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Guidelines Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
05:30 PM - 05:40 PM		Questions and Answers Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
05:40 PM - 06:00 PM		Discussion

Faculty Disclosures
Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN	Dr. Kurent has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Expert Witness for Young Clement Rivers, LLP.
James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN	Dr. Bernat has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Physician's Index for Ethics in Medicine. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health UL1TR001086. The institution of Dr. Bernat has received research support from National Institutes of Health ME-1609-36174. Dr. Bernat has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care.
Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN	Dr. Bird has nothing to disclose.
Robert Pearlman, MD, MPH	No disclosure on file
Jason H. Karlawish, MD	No disclosure on file

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