Ethical and Legal Challenges in a Pandemic
September 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has identified ethical and legal challenges that arise when a health care system is stretched to its limits in providing care to those affected by the pandemic. Health professionals, attorneys, social workers, and the general public have faced these challenges. How does a pandemic triage plan get developed and adopted by a state in the midst of a pandemic? What is the algorithm health care professionals can use to assess provision of care? How can social workers and clinicians prepare and support families of patients? Who is vulnerable? Who is served? What is the responsibility for health care for incarcerated persons, Native persons, and homeless persons? What are the ethical challenges in dealing with long-term care for patients who have a slow recovery? What legal challenges arise when dealing with end of life care in a pandemic? Are our health care professionals safe?
Agenda
Friday, September 18, 2020
9:00-9:05
Welcome and Introduction
Patricia Bayless, MD, Chairman of Board, Arizona Bioethics Network
9:05-9:45
Health Care Heroes: But at What Cost? Moral distress, Moral Injury, and Moral Residue in Health Care Workers
Michelle Weaver, RN, BSN, MBA, COHNS
9:45-10:30
Homelessness and the Pandemic
Sharon Dipasupil, MSN, RN
10:30-11:15
Viruses Don’t Stop at Prison Walls: The Ethical Implications of COVID-19 Behind Bars
Corene Kendrick, JD, MPA
11:15-12:00
Pandemic Post-acute Setting and Ethics
Chikal Patel, MD
12:00-12:05
Break
12:05-12:45
Optional Individualized Break-out Rooms for Further Discussion
Saturday, September 19, 2020
9:00-9:05
Welcome and Introduction
Patricia Bayless, MD, Chairman of Board, Arizona Bioethics Network
9:05-9:45
Considerations in Caring for Native Americans During COVID-19 Pandemic
Bridget Bonsall Stiegler, DO
9:45-10:20
Advanced Care Planning: Important Now More Than Ever
Neila Keener, LMSW, ACHPC-SW
10:20-10:55
POLST
Stephanie Desiderio, RN, CHPN
11:00-12:00
“No One Left Behind”: Arizona’s Response to Crisis Standards and Triage
Patricia Mayer, MD, MS, HEC-C, & Hannah Dillon, MD
12:00-12:05
Break
12:05-12:45
Optional Individualized Break-out Rooms for Further Discussion
Disclosure Statement: There have been no actual or potential conflicts of interests found or disclosures needed in relation to this activity.