When No One Speaks for the Patient: Ethical Decision-Making in Cases of Absent or Marginal Capacity in the Unrepresented

Join me on Friday for a half-day symposium on decision making for unrepresented patients. Registration is free. Here is the agenda.  

Welcome and Introduction
Annie Friedrich, PhD, HEC-C (Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Arthur Derse, MD, JD (Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin)

Unrepresented Patients: Definition, Prevention, and Legitimate Decision Making
Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C (Professor of Law Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN

Ethical Issues in Medical Decision-Making for Unrepresented Patient: Review and Recommendations
Garson Leder, PhD (Clinical Bioethicist, Program in Medicine and Values, Sutter Health, Santa Rosa, CA, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Bioethics, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin)

Who Decides? Medical Decision Making in the Setting of Marginal Capacity
Katherine Recka, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Will Lyon, MD, MA (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin)