Friday, September 5, 2008

Keynote Address:

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. Carmela Epright, PhD

NonConsensual Treatment is Morally Abhorrent. Mark J. Cherry, PhD

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

Session IV: Criminal Responsibilty

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

. A Personality Disorder May Nullify Responsibility for a Criminal Act .Robert Kinscherff, MD

5:00 Adjourn

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Session VI: Audience and Faculty Discussion

MODERATOR: Robert Sade, MD

Faculty presents impressions and clarifications

Open discussion: audience and faculty

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* 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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