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Health Care for Diverse Communities
C.W. Post Bioethics conference to address ethical issues
and practical solutions on October 19
As the United States population becomes increasingly diverse
- both ethnically and culturally - today's health care organizations
must provide competent, flexible care that is sensitive to different
cultures. The Long Island Center for Ethics of the C.W. Post
Campus of Long Island University will share some new tactics
and theories at its third annual "Bioethics Conference:
Health Care for Diverse Communities: Ethical Issues and Practical
Solutions." The conference will take place from 8 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19 at Tilles Center, C.W. Post
Campus, Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville, N.Y.
Distinguished guest presenters - physicians, attorneys, administrators,
researchers, ethicists - will address the 21st century challenges
posed by the diversity of both consumers and the healthcare agency
workforce. "In order for healthcare organizations to successfully
provide responsive care, multicultural skills and knowledge are
needed," said Dr. Ellen M. McGee, chair of the conference
and director of the Long Island Center for Ethics. "This
conference will describe programs and management strategies to
meet the challenge of serving a diverse population of employees
and patients." She added that the panelists will examine
ways in which providers can respond to changing demographics,
consumer needs and market forces -- and still fulfill their ethical
and social justice goals.
Marian Gray Secundy, Ph.D., Director of the National Center
for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University,
will deliver the keynote address. Secundy is a member of several
National Institute of Health's advisory panels and served as
co-chair of a workgroup for the Clinton Health Care Task Force.
Other guest speakers include:
- Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., Associate Director, the Center
for Multicultural and Minority Health; Assistant Professor of
Medicine & Public Health, NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill
Medical College of Cornell University.
- Sandra DelValle, Associate Counsel, Puerto Rican Legal Defense
& Education Fund.
- Mind-ger Chang, M.D., Chinese Cultural Association of Great
Neck
- Jeffrey Berger, M.D., Director of Clinical Ethics, Winthrop
University Hospital
- Julia Puebla Fortier, Resources for Cross Cultural Health
Care
- Robert C. Like, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor and Director,
Center for Health, Families, and Cultural Diversity, UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School
- Ruth Browne, Ph.D., Arthur Ashe Institute
- Francesca Gany, M.D., M.S., NY State Task Force on Immigrant
Health
- Caryl M. Stern-La Rosa, Director, ADL A World Difference
Institute
- Aubrey Lewis, M.D., Center for Community Wellness
The event is designed to help physicians, nurses, managed
care providers, social workers, pastoral care, administrators
- basically anyone who works in the health care field - understand
how to provide quality care in a changing demographic environment.
The public is invited to attend. Registration is $55 before October
1; $65 after October 1. Free for Long Island University students.
Conference sponsors include Catholic Health Systems, North
Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, the John P. McGrath Fund
of Long Island University and the Long Island Physical Therapy
Association.
The Center for Ethics sponsors seminars and workshops on ethical
issues. Led by experts and scholars, the Center is a forum where
Long Islanders - from students to corporate leaders - can tackle
ethical issues in a variety of arenas. The Center is based within
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the C.W. Post Campus.
For more information about the conference and the Center, call
(516) 299-2341 or email: emcgee@liu.edu.
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