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Evening Ethics Discussion Group

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
New Ideas about Advance Directives in Utah Advance Directives

Advance Directives have not demonstrated their effectiveness in shaping the care of incompetent and/or terminally ill patients. There are a variety of potential reasons for this including; failure to complete the documents, failure to provide copies of them to relevant decision makers and healthcare providers, ambiguities in the documents that lead to misunderstanding and reluctance of surrogates to follow expressed preferences.

At our discussion we will ask: What problems with advance directives can a modified form address? What is the nature and magnitude of the problem that advance directives seek to address? What steps might we consider in addition to advance directives or perhaps as alternatives to them that would improve end of life care?

For more information, call the DME Office at 408-1135.

This activity is approved by the University of Utah for 1.5 CME credit hours.

CME Statements and Disclosures
Accreditation: The University of Utah School of Medicine CME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physician Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Faculty Disclosure: The University of Utah adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity. Speakers are also expected to openly disclose inclusion of discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs, devices, or equipment in their presentations.
ADA: The University of Utah complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act by providing qualified individuals with disabilities access to University programs, services and activities. Reasonable prior notice is needed to arrange accommodations. Please call Natalie at 408-1135 to request an accommodation.

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