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Frederick Womble Speas Symposium
March 23, 2007

"Altruism in Medicine and Health Care"

Registration Form
(Word format | PDF)

Students, educators, and interested healthcare professionals are invited to attend special breakout sessions on Friday, March 23. See the complete schedule below. Please return your completed registration form by Friday, March 9.


Thursday, March 22, 2007

6:00-8:45pm

Reception, Dinner and Lecture
"Political Correctness: Its Impact on Medicine and Health Care"
Keynote Speaker: Sally Satel, M.D.
 

Harris Conference Center
CPCC West Campus

 

Friday, March 23, 2007

7:30-8:00am

Registration and Breakfast

Brown Atrium
Alvarez College Union

8:00-8:15am

Introduction

C. Shaw Smith 900 Room
Alvarez College Union

8:15-9:30am

Morning Keynote
"A Kidney Recipient's Perspective"
Sally Satel, M.D.
"A Kidney Donor's Perspective"
Virginia Postrel

C. Shaw Smith 900 Room
Alvarez College Union

9:30-9:45am Morning Break
 9:45-10:30am Breakout Session 1
1A - "Is Altruism Possible?"

1B - "Altruistic Surrogacy"
10:45-12:00pm

Plenary Session
"Altruism's Limits"
Michele Goodwin, J.D., L.L.M.
C. Shaw Smith 900 Room
Alvarez College Union

12:00-12:45pm

Lunch

Brown Atrium

12:45-1:30pm Breakout Session 2
2A - "International Altruism"

2B - "Physicians Reach Out and Project Access: Local Examples of Altruism Work" 
 1:30 -1:45 pm Afternoon Break
Brown Atrium
1:45-3:00pm

Plenary Session
"Is In-Hospital CPR Ever Futile?"
Gregory Larkin, M.D., M.S.P.H.

C. Shaw Smith 900 Room
Alvarez College Union

 

   

 

Registration Form (Word format | PDF format)

Session reservations will be assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Please print out and return your completed form by mail or fax by Friday, March 9 to:

Davidson College
Medical Humanities Program
ATTN: Speas Symposium Registration
Box 7135
Davidson, NC 28035-7135

Phone: 704-894-2482
FAX: 704-894-2881

 

 

 

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