June 22-23, 2006
Meeting Agenda
St. Regis Hotel
923 16th and K Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-638-2626
THURSDAY, June 22
9:00 a.m. |
Session 1: Organ
Transplantation and Procurement—the Empirical Context
Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics,
Oncology, and Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine
and Epidemiology and Director of the Welch Center for Prevention,
Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University-Bloomberg
School of Public Health
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10:30 am |
Break
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10:45 am |
Session 2: Organ Transplantation
and Procurement—Literary and
Philosophical-Anthropological Perspectives
Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking: Life
Studies from the Dismal Trade and Bodies at Motion and at
Rest
Stuart F. Spicker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus,
School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center
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12:15 pm |
Lunch
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2:00 pm |
Session 3: Organ Transplantation
and Procurement—The Ethical Challenges
Presentation and discussion of the discussion paper
by Council senior research consultant Eric Cohen
and the essay by Council member Gilbert Meilaender
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3:30 pm |
Break
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3:45 pm |
Session 4: Organ Transplantation
and Procurement—Policy Proposals
James F. Childress, Ph.D., Hollingsworth Professor
of Ethics, Professor of Medical Ethics, and Director of
the Institute of Practical Ethics, University of Virginia,
and Chairman of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Increasing
Rates of Organ Donation
Benjamin E. Hippen, M.D., Transplant Nephrologist,
Metrolina Nephrology Associates, Charlotte, North Carolina
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5:15 pm |
Adjournment
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FRIDAY, June 23
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