Health Care Decision-Making When the Patient is Unable to Make the Decision

1 CA CLE hour, including Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialization

Health Care Decision-Making When the Patient is Unable to Make the Decision - Legal, Medical, and Ethical Perspectives

Monday, 5/9, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Pacific

via ZOOM

This program is FREE for BHBA Members and $35 for Non Members

Christine J. Wilson, Esq., RN, MS-HCE, HEC-C

Director, Community Healthcare Ethics

Our speaker, Christine J. Wilson, is a registered nurse, attorney, bioethicist and certified healthcare ethics consultant. During her nursing career she worked in both acute and long term care then went on to receive her law degree, a Master of Science in Health Care Ethics and certification as a Healthcare Ethics Consultant. Her consulting practice focuses on bioethics, informed consent and issues concerning both patients and care providers. She is also the founder and director of Community Healthcare Ethics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing bioethics resources to post-acute and long term care. Ms. Wilson will review:

The framework and history of informed consent,
Evaluating the medical issues,
Capacity evaluation for the non-physician,
California legal standards and court proceedings,
Bioethics and health care decision making,
Special issues in the skill nursing facility.

The presentation is must for any legal professional or fiduciary working in the field of elder care.

About the Elder Law Committee of the Trusts & Estates Section

The Trusts & Estates Section is chaired by Kevin Harrington and Joseph Goldman. Find out more at bhba.org/trusts-estates. The Elder Law Committee is chaired by Terry M. Magady. The Trusts & Estates Section and all of its programs is sponsored by:

MCLE CREDIT This activity has been approved for participatory Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount shown above and the Beverly Hills Bar Association certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.