2011 Annual Meeting | Ethics, Clinical Practice, and Challenges in Neurogeriatric Care for the 21st Century

Date Wednesday 04/13/11

Time 01:00 PM - 05:00 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

Recommended Audience Trainee, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist, Non-neurologist

Teaching Styles Case-based, Didactic, Interactive, Audience Participation

Event Timeline
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM		Introduction: The Increasing Burden of Neurologic Disease in Our Rapidly Aging Population Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
01:15 PM - 01:45 PM		The Patient with Dementia: Defining the Patient-Physician Relationship, Disclosing the Diagnosis, Consent and Competence, and Advance Directives James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
01:45 PM - 01:55 PM		Questions and Answers James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
01:55 PM - 02:25 PM		The Role of ApoE and Other Genetic Testing Related to Dementia: To Test or Not to Test? Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN
02:25 PM - 02:35 PM		Questions and Answers Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN
02:35 PM - 03:05 PM		Ethical Issues Related to Research Participation by Patients Diagnosed with Dementia Eran P. Klein, MD, PhD
03:05 PM - 03:15 PM		Questions and Answers Eran P. Klein, MD, PhD
03:15 PM - 03:30 PM		Break
03:30 PM - 04:00 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? James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
04:00 PM - 04:10 PM		Questions and Answers James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN
04:10 PM - 04:40 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
04:40 PM - 04:50 PM		Questions and Answers Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH, FAAN
04:50 PM - 05:00 PM		Discussion

Faculty Disclosures
Thomas D. Bird, MD, FAAN	Dr. Bird has nothing to disclose.
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.
Eran P. Klein, MD, PhD	The institution of Dr. Klein has received research support from NIH.

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