Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter
August 2004
Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 8
August 2004
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Message from David Abrams, President
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We usually take a hiatus with this e-newsletter during August, but wanted to give you some brief updates on the teleconference. Please watch your e-mailbox for the September issue, which will arrive on Wednesday, September 8. We'll be featuring an interview with Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, which will focus on end-of-life decision making and ways that clergy are being better educated to help in that process.
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Date Set for Twelfth Annual National Bereavement Teleconference
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HFA's 12th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference will focus on "Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life." The live-via-satellite program, moderated by Cokie Roberts, will be broadcast Wednesday, April 20, 2005 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm EDT. The teleconference will examine issues regarding the social perspectives of medical ethics and how various health care settings may influence ethical decisions at the end of life. A distinguished panel of ethicists, educators, gerontologists and hospice experts will define, differentiate and demonstrate the interrelationships between values, ethics and law, and examine how cultural differences may influence ethical choices.
The teleconference is seen each year by more than 100,000 people in over 2,000 communities in the U.S. and Canada. If you work with other organizations at the local or national level that would be interested in this year's topic, please pass along information about the teleconference to them. If you belong to any professional associations whose members would benefit from knowing about the program, please contact us at telecon@hospicefoundation.org and we would be happy to share information with them.
Registration for organizations hosting the teleconference will begin in late September; more information and an online registration form will be available at that time. Please watch the Site Coordinator's Corner of this e-newsletter for updates.
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David Abrams, President
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