Published Sunday, June 16, 2002
GREENVILLE
Community medical ethics program at ThielThiel College will host the second seminar of the three-part Community Medical Ethics Program (CMEP) from both 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. June 25, in the college's Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.
The program, "End of Life Decisions: Making Your Choices," will feature Rhonda Gay Hartman, interim assistant director of the Consortium Ethics Program of the University of Pittsburgh.
The session, which follows April's topic of "End of Life Decisions: Knowing Your Rights," is intended to provide information that enriches decision making about end-of-life care, said Hartman.
Issues associated with end-of-life care include:
The program will also offer a panel discussion of distinct multidisciplinary viewpoints in medicine, law, medical ethics, hospice, religion and spirituality.
Sponsored by Thiel College, UPMC Horizon and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, all Greenville, the project is to provide area residents with a basic understanding of medical ethics, preparing them for making important end-of-life decisions.