Children’s of Minnesota hosted the Westgate Pediatric Ethics Forum 2007, “Pandemic Influenza in Pediatrics: Justice, Scarce Resources, and Tough Decisions,” on Friday, Nov. 16.

Video and handouts are available online for each presentation

Featured presentations:

Welcome and Acknowledgements
(16 minutes)
Don Brunnquell, PhD, Director, Office of Ethics, Children’s of Minnesota

“Generational Justice and Treatment of Children in a Severe Pandemic”
(49 minutes)
Presented by Arthur Caplan, PhD, Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics
Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, and Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania

Epidemiology, Disease Effects, Social Disruption, and the Special Issues of Children
(53 minutes)
Presented by Michael Osterholm, PhD, School of Public Health, Center for Infectious
Disease and Policy, University of Minnesota

“Hospital Policy, State Mandates, and Children: A Panel Discussion”
(99 minutes)

Arthur Caplan, PhD

Michael Osterholm, PhD

John Hick, MD, Medical Director, Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness, Hennepin County Medical Center

Aggie Leitheiser, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Minnesota Department of Health

Craig Vana, Associate Superintendent for Emergency and Crisis Management, Minneapolis Public Schools

Dorothy Vawter, PhD, Associate Director, Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics

Patsy Stinchfield, RN, CNP, Director of Infectious Disease, Children’s of Minnesota

Don Brunnquell, PhD, Director, Office of Ethics, Children’s of Minnesota

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