Friday, September 5, 2008

Keynote Address:

"Madness and Government" Revisited: Four Decades of State Government's Abandonment of the Mentally Ill"-- Joseph Bloom, MD

Session I: Refusal of Medication To Avoid Execution.

Physicians Should Treat Mentally Ill Death Row Inmates, Even if Treatment if Refused.--Robert TM Phillips, MD, PhD

Physicians Must Honor Refusal of Treatment by Competent Inmates.-- Howard V Zonana, MD

Session II: Is Substance Abuse a Disease?

Substance Abuse is a Choice, Not a Disease. -- Jeffrey A Schaler, PhD

Substance Abuse is a Disease of the Human Brain.-- Raymond Anton, MD

Session III: Treating Mental Illness by Force.

Forcing Future Freedom: Consent to Treatment is Not Always Required.-- M Carmela Epright, PhD

Non Consensual Treatment is Morally Abhorrent. -- Mark J Cherry, PhD

Table-Talk Sessions, Individual Faculty Member Discussions, during Lunch

Session IV: Criminal Responsibilty.

A Personality Disorder May Mitigate but Cannot Nullify Responsibilty for a Criminal Act--Rikki Lynn Halavonich, MD

A Personality Disorder May Nullify Responsibility for a Criminal Act-- Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD.

5:00 Adjourn

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Session VI: Seminar: Audience and Faculty Discussion

MODERATOR: Robert Sade, MD

Faculty presents impressions and clarifications

Open discussion: audience and faculty

* The Institute of Human Values in Health Care at the Medical University of South Carolina reserves the right to make changes without prior notice.

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