June 7-9, 2010 (Pre-conference Workshop: 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

Featured conference speakers:

Keynote:

  • Susan Adams, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, Assistant Professor, Counseling & Development, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
  • Peter Jupp, M.A., MTh, Ph.D. FRSA, Director, The National Funerals College, Braddan House, Duddington, Stamford, England
  • Timothy Kirk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York College, New York, N.Y.
  • Karin Kirchhoff, Ph.D., R.N., Professor (emerita), University of Wisconsin, School of Nursing, Madison, Wis.
  • Douglas Smith, M.Div. M.A. M.S., speaker, consultant author, Madison, Wis.
  • Herman van der Kloot Meijburg, D.Div., C.T., Director and founder of The Centre for Loss and Healing, Christchurch, Great Britain

Concurrent:

  • Mike Brennan, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Death Education and Bioethics, Department of Sociology/Archaeology, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wis.
  • Laurel Burnett, M.A., NCC, Bereavement Services, Hospice of the Sandias, Albuquerque, N.M. 
  • Waneeta Everson, B.S.N., R.N., Bereavement and End-of-Life Coordinator, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Inc. La Crosse, Wis., Jill Wilke, B.S.N., R.N., Organ and Tissue Donation Liaison, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wis.
  • Dan Festa, B.A., M.L., D. Min., Chaplain, St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, W.Va.
  • Amy Florian, MPS, F.T., Liturgy and bereavement consultant, Founder and CEO of Corgenius, Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill.
  • Richard B. Gilbert, Ph.D., D.Min, C.T., Executive Director, The World Pastoral Care Center / Bridge Builders, Elgin, Ill.
  • Lorraine Gyauch, M.A., R.N., C.T., CGS, Nurse Educator, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Morgan Cancer Center, Allentown, Pa.
  • Teresa R. Hedges, M. Ed., Licensed Professional Counselor, ABD, Counseling with Capella University, Senior Partner with The Center for Personal Empowerment, LLC, Zanesville, Ohio 
  • Laurel Hilliker, M.A. in Sociology, Paralegal Certification by The American Bar Association, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
  • Michele Knight, Bachelor of Health Science (Research) degree in Aboriginal Health and Community Development, and a Master of Applied Science (Research) degree majoring in health career pathways for Aboriginal secondary school students, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Nichole Schwerman, M.A., Bereavement Coordinator/CISM Coordinator, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Family Services Department, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Harold Ivan Smith, D. Min., Ed.S., M.A., Self-employed thanatologist, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Nceba Somhlaba, Dr., Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
  • Margaret Souza, Ph.D., LCSW, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Richard A. Zellner, J.D., M.A. Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

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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