NAELA seeks ethics committee members

Are you a NAELA member who is an Institutional Ethics Committee member (at a hospital or similar facility?  Have you identified yourself to the NAELA Health Care SIG???

If not, please notify the NAELA Health Care Special Interest Group of your affiliation by e-mail to Anabel Gray, SIG Coordinator at agray@naela.com.

The Health Care SIG hopes to offer an opportunity for discussion of Ethics Committee issues and resolutions for those interested on the following proposed topics: 1) Pharmaceutical company relationships with staff, 2) Committee lobbying activity, 3) Adoption of MOLST/POLST and results, 4) Policy concerning family/staff translators for non-English speaking patients, and 5) Medical Futility Policies.

Current NAELA members registered with the Health Care SIG who serve on an Ethics Committees for a Health Care Provider are: Gina M. Barry; William C. Beyers, CELA; Fay Blix, CELA; Mary Z. Ceridan; Robert H. Chesley; Nancy Catalini Chew; V. Anne Edenfield; Myrna Fawcett; Daniel P. Kapsak; Doris E. Hawks; Jim Higgins; Lee M. Holmes, CELA; Ed Long; Joan Nelson Hook; Keith P. Huffman; Hurme Sally ; James A. Jaeger, CELA; Natalie J. Kaplan; Daniel P. Kapsak; Jane E. Lokken; Colleen P. MacLean, CELA; Kate Mewhinney, CELA; Peggy O’Reilly; Carole Spainhour; Emily S. Starr, CELA; Barbara A. Venesy; Dennis S. Voorhees, CELA