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MEDICINE ETHICS & HUMAN VALUES SEMINAR

UNDERSTANDING POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
12 NOON
Classroom MNP 'B'
SM-UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital, 1250 16th Street, Santa Monica
(Please enter the Hospital at the corner of Arizona and 16th Street. Classroom B is located in the first corridor on the right as you enter)

Poonam Bhatla
Executive Director, the Center for Human and Ethical Medical Care (CHEC√)

Jeannie Meyer, RN, CNS
Palliative Care Unit, Santa Monica-UCLA Med. Ctr. & Orthopaedic Hosp.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Attendees will learn about:
1) Who benefits from POLST
2) The medical choices at the end of life
3) The difference between POLST and the Advance Healthcare Directive


In Medicine, Ethics and Human Values, now in its 39th year. These educational conferences are offered not only to the medical and other ancillary hospital staff but also to the local community.

Past Seminars

  • THE CURRENT STATE OF  EMBRYONIC STEM CELL WORK: Legislation, Conflict & Ethics (Oct.  2009)
  • The Goals of an Ethics Consultation (Sept. 2009) | Listen to Audio Here**
  • For Love or Money:The Debate Over Commercialization of Organ Donation
  • Listen to Audio Here** | Offsite Program**
  • Ethics and Reproductive Medicine: 2009 (May 2009)
  • HOW SM-UCLA'S PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM HELPS YOU AND YOUR PATIENTS (April 2009) Listen to Audio Here**
  • For Whom Does the Rape Treatment Center Provide Care; the Consequences of Not Processing Sexual Assault Evidence (March 2009) Listen to Audio Here**
  • The Ethics of Disaster Medicine (February 2009) Listen to Audio Here**
  • Global Warming: Is There Good Evidence? (January 2009)
  • Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (November 2008) Listen to Audio Here**
  • DNA Testing by Commercial Labs -  Is it Business or Science? (Sept 2008)
  • HOW & WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE BRAIN AND MEMORY (June 2008)
  • CONFLICTS IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING (May 2008)
  • Who Owns Your Body? (April 2008) | Listen to Audio Here**
  • Autism (March 2008)
  • Finding Day Care for your Patients/ Loved Ones with Alzheimer's, Other Dementia, Parkinson's, Stroke or Depression (Feburary 2008) Listen to Audio Here**
  • Intercultural Communication: Tips for Navigating in a Culturally Diverse World (January 2008) | Listen to Audio Here**
  • CULTURAL DIFFERENCES RELATED TO HEALTH, SICKNESS, AND MEDICAL CARE - PART 2, THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS PERSPECTIVE (November 2007) | Listen to Audio Here**
  • CULTURAL DIFFERENCES RELATED TO HEALTH, SICKNESS, AND MEDICAL CARE - THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PERSPECTIVE (September 2007) | Listen to Audio Here**
  • HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS PERSONS (June 2007)
  • ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN A FAIR AND JUST SOCIETY (May 2007)

** These audio files captured the whole seminar, so are big files. They will take a while to download, so please be patient.