New Directions for Health Care Planning: Proposed Legislative Reform for Advance Directives in Georgia
October 31, 2006
Thursday, November 9, 2006
4:00 p.m. – Program begins
6:00 p.m. – Reception with refreshments
Urban Life Building – Room 170
140 Decatur Street, Atlanta, GA 30303
– located at the corner of Decatur Street and Piedmont Avenue –
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On March 14, 2006, Governor Sonny Perdue proclaimed November 2006 as Advance Directives Month in Georgia. Throughout the summer and early fall, individuals from multiple organizations that represent diverse interests and perspectives met to suggest revisions to Georgia's current Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care forms. Please join us as members of the working group discuss the need for and suggested revisions to Georgia's Advance Directives.
There will be an opportunity for further discussion on Georgia's Advance Directives at a reception following the program.
This event is free and open to the public. Parking available in Deck M on Piedmont Avenue two blocks north of the Urban Life Building. Directions
PROGRAM TOPICS
The Need for a New Advance Directive Form for Georgians
• Rep. R. Steve "Thunder" Tumlin, Jr., Esq., Representative, District 38
Overview of Advance Directives – Law, Policy & Practice
• Charity Scott, JD, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law, Health & Society
Perspectives from the Field: Ethical, Clinical, and Real Life Concerns
• Kathy Kinlaw, M.Div., Acting Director, Center for Ethics, Emory University;
Executive Director, Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia
• Deanna Richardson, MN, MPH, APRN-BC, Piedmont Hospital, Director, Palliative Care Service
• Beverly Tyler, Executive Director, Georgia Health Decisions
Perspectives of Elderly and Disabled Citizens
• Becky Kurtz, Esq., Georgia State Long-term Care Ombudsman
• Joshua Norris, Esq., Director of Legal Advocacy, Georgia Advocacy Office
Proposed Legislative Reform: A New Advance Directive Form for Georgians
• Nick Djuric, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
• Mary Radford, JD, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Program Moderator:
Jerri Nims Rooker, JD, Assistant Director, Center for Law, Health & Society
PLEASE JOIN OUR PARTNER, EMORY UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, FOR A RELATED SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTING NOVEMBER 2006 AS ADVANCE DIRECTIVES MONTH IN GEORGIA:
Emory University
presents
Does Anyone Know Your End of Life Choices?
Thursday, November 2, 2006,
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Reception to follow
Emory University Briarcliff Campus – 1256 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA