"Brain Death" : Facilitating Family/Hospital Dialogue about Death by Neurological Criteria

The Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium (SCBCC) in collaboration with LMU Bioethics Institute is presenting "'Brain Death' - Facilitating Family/Hospital Dialogue about Death by Neurological Criteria."



This is a half-day conference for healthcare professionals, bioethical scholars, policymakers, and the public.  It will be on January 18, 2015, from 8 am to 12 pm, at Loyola Marymount University, Ahmanson Auditorium.



8:00-8:30 am    

Registration & Breakfast

8:30-8:45 am    

Welcome and Introduction

8:45-9:15 am    

Rabbi Jason Weiner, BCC: The Jewish view of defining death and brain death

9:15-9:45 am    

Andy Lampkin, Ph.D.: Dialoguing with the African American community on the subject of death by neurological criteria

9:45-10:45 am  

Thaddeus Pope, J.D, Ph.D.: Legal duties of California healthcare providers to accommodate objections to determination of death by neurological criteria

10:45-12 pm     

Panel Discussion