The President's Council on Bioethics: November 2008 Meeting Agenda

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9:00 am	Session 1: Medical Futility Lawrence J. Schneiderman, M.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California, San Diego
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Session 2: Medical Futility Robert D. Truog, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, Boston
12:00 noon	Lunch
2:00 pm	Session 3: Medical Futility Susan B. Rubin, Ph.D. The Ethics Practice Oakland, California
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Session 4: Medical Futility Remarks by Council Members Benjamin Carson, M.D., and Daniel Foster, M.D.
5:00 pm	Adjournment

9:00 am	Session 5: Conscience and the Health Care Professions Holly Fernandez Lynch, J.D. Associate, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, D.C.
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Session 6: National Bioethics Commissions: Looking Back on the President's Council and Forward to the Future of Public Bioethics Council Discussion
11:45 am	Session 7: Public Comments
12 noon	Adjournment