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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Online
Registration is free but required. Please click the link to register.
November 13th, 20th and 27th
12 – 1 pm ET
Wednesday, November 13
No harm without potential benefit: The legal status of no-CPR orders in Ontario
Speaker:
Melanie de Wit, JD, MPH, Chief Legal Officer, Unity Health Toronto, Adjunct Lecturer, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Wednesday, November 20
Different cultural and religious perspectives regarding no-CPR orders
Panelists:
Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R., PhD, MDiv, Visiting Scholar, Providence Healthcare (BC), Clinical Ethicist, Centre for Clinical Ethics
Amira Ayad, PhD, Spiritual Care Practitioner, Scarborough Health Network
Rabbi Ronald Weiss, MA, Director of Chaplaincy Services at Jewish Family and Child Services; Chaplain, Jewish Hospice Program; Chaplain at large, Toronto Police Service
Wednesday, November 27
Withholding CPR and no-CPR orders in the community and post-acute care settings
Panelists:
Giulia-Anna Perri, MD, CCFP (COE) (PC), Medical Director, Palliative Care, Baycrest Health Sciences, Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Care, University of Toronto
Representatives from The Central East Prehospital Care Program
Naheed Dosani, MSC, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP, BSc
Palliative Care Physician, Department of Family & Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto
Founder & Lead, Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless (PEACH), Inner City Health Associates
Medical Director/Health Equity Lead, Kensington Hospice/Kensington Health
Health Equity Advisor, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto
In March 2023, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) updated their “Decision-making for end-of-life care” policy following a court decision that clarified that writing a no-CPR order does not constitute treatment and therefore does not require patient consent. However, the CPSO also noted that the clinician must consider the patient’s wishes and beliefs and communicate in a transparent fashion before writing a no-CPR order. This year’s speaker series will focus on some of the ethical issues associated with withholding resuscitative measures. We will explore this topic from a legal perspective, cultural and religious perspectives, and from the community and post-acute care contexts. We are aware that many healthcare organizations are in the process of updating their policies on no-CPR orders and this speaker series is meant to help broaden the conversation about withholding CPR and no-CPR orders.
