MEDICAL ETHICS AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Venue:         Education Centre, Borders General Hospital, Melrose

Speakers:     Dr Kenneth Boyd, Scottish Director of the Institute for Medical Ethics, University of Edinburgh

                    Dr Jim Rodgers, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Borders General Hospital

                    Rev. Bryan Vernon, Lecturer in Health Care Ethics, University of Newcastle

9.15 - 9.30 am        Registration and Coffee

9.30 – 9.40 am       Introduction - Dr Paul Cormie

9.40 – 10.10 am     Outline of Ethical Theory – Dr Jim Rodgers

10.10 – 11.10 am   Small Group Discussion

11.10 – 11.30 am   Coffee

11.30 – 12.00 pm   Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment – Dr Kenneth Boyd

12.00 – 12.30 pm   Consent – A Legal Perspective – Dr Colin Gavaghan

12.30 – 1.30pm      Lunch

1.30 – 2.30 pm       Small Group Discussion

2.30 – 3.15 pm       Dilemmas In Disclosing Information - Rev Bryan Vernon

3.15 – 3.30 pm       Tea

3.30 – 4.15 pm       Small Group Discussion

4.15 – 4.30 pm       Plenary Session