June 7-9, 2010 (Pre-conference Workshops: June 6, 2010)

Conference Theme: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues

$329, on or before April 23
$397, starting April 24
(one day registration also available)

The purpose of this conference is to provide a variety of quality presentations and sessions where participants learn, are motivated and are encouraged to use what they have learned in their place of business when they return.

Conference Topics:

  • Aids
  • Assisted Suicide
  • Cremation
  • Definition of Death
  • Donation of Organs
  • Emergency care/Trauma situations
  • Ethical treatment of a person dying
  • Euthanasia
  • Hospice
  • Traditional legal standards/New standards

This educational offering is recognized by the following for continuing education credit:

  • American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • American Psychological Association
  • Association for Death Education and Counseling
  • Association of Social Work Boards
  • Wisconsin Funeral Service Directors
  • University of Wisconsin-Extension

Planning Committee:

  • Mike Brennan, Ph.D.
  • Gerry Cox, Ph.D.
  • Madonna D. Daley, MS, RN
  • Robert J. Dixon, Ph.D., NCSP
  • Richard B. Gilbert, Ph.D., CT, FAAGC
  • Jessica J. Hemenway, BS
  • Carol J. Oldenburg, MS, RN
  • Lori A. Pacourek, MSSW, CAPSW
  • Penny Tiedt, MS
  • Andrew Vitale, BA

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse:

Center for Death Education & Bioethics
Continuing Education and Extension

Contributing Sponsors: Baywood Publishing and Centering Corporation

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