another bit from RobertWoodJohnsonF "RWJF" site
Rate of Hospice Use: Hospice care is a "gold standard" for end-of-life care. However, hospice is not widely used in most states. Furthermore, the average length of stay in hospice has dropped to well below the 60 days considered necessary for people to get maximum benefit. In fact, dying patients commonly have the support of hospice care for less than a week.
http://www.rwjf.org/news/releaseDetail.jsp?id=1037586523372
They have an interactive state report card
http://www.rwjf.org/news/special/means.jhtml
Florida gets (my comments in )
A for Advanced Directives (guess this means it's easy to bump you off)
D for proportion of deaths occuring at home.(Facilities aren't making any money on these)
Hospice use
C grade based on percentage deaths with hospice stays
D grade based on median length of stay in hospice
THis is just a tiny bit of their report card, wish I could copy and paste it but I can't do it.
Google -> "george greer" "ken goodman"
http://www.floridaguardians.com/documents/fsga0702.pdf
[PDF] FLO RID A GUARDIAN FLO RID A GUARDIAN
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... Moderator: Ken Goodman, Ph.D., Miami ... George Greer, Hon. Mel. Grossman, Hon.
Maria Korvick, Hon. Arthur Rothenberg, Hon. Mark Speiser, Hon. ...
www.floridaguardians.com/documents/fsga0702.pdf - Similar pages
Right next to each other:
Saturday General Session - Multicultural Panel
Moderator: Ken Goodman, Ph.D., Miami
Panelists: Marie Etienee, Rabbi Joshua D. Kreindler, and Carlos J. Sandoval, M.D.
This plenary session will make attendees aware of cultural diversities that might negatively influence their decisionmaking abilities for their clients. You will increase your awareness of differences in belief systems and how others may view life issues.
Statewide Judicial Panel
Moderator: Scott Solkoff, Esq.
Panelists: Hon. Nancy Alley, Hon. George Greer, Hon. Mel Grossman, Hon. Maria Korvick, Hon. Arthur Rothenberg, Hon. Mark Speiser, Hon. Patricia Thomas, and Hon. David Seth Walker
This panel will respond to presubmitted questions from the FSGA membership on issues revolving around the courts perspective on current hot issues facing the profession of guardianship.
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http://faculty.smu.edu/tmayo/schiavo_timeline.pdf
KEY EVENTS IN THE CASE OF THERESA MARIE SCHIAVO
Steven Haidar, Dartmouth College/University of Miami
Kathy Cerminara, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center
This content may be reproduced for non-commercial, education purposes only, with
appropriate attribution to the source. For more information on copyright, visit the University of
Miami Ethics Programs web site at www.ethics.miami.edu. Please send comments,
suggestions and corrections to Ken Goodman, UM Ethics Programs, at ethics@miami.edu.
News media and others seeking comment from Florida Bioethics Network leaders should call
305-243-5723.
Google:
"Kathy Cerminara" "wolfson"
"Kathy Cerminara" "right to die"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Kathy+Cerminara%22+%22wolfson%22&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=%22Kathy+Cerminara%22++%22right+to+die%22&btnG=Search
Google:
"Kathy Cerminara" "wolfson"
"Kathy Cerminara" "right to die"
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:Ca0zjR5-dOAJ:www.nova.edu/cwis/vpaa/highlights/may2204.html+%22Kathy+Cerminara%22+%22wolfson%22&hl=en
Professor Kathy Cerminara co-authored The Right to Die
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http://www.luc.edu/law/activities/opportunities/law_death_dying.shtml
Description of the Conference Speakers and Topics
William Colby, who will be our keynote speaker, is a Partner at Shook, Hardy and Bacon in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the attorney for the Cruzan family on the Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), which eventually went to the Supreme Court. Cruzan is considered the first case on the laws of death and dying to go to the Supreme Court. Mr. Colby has written several publications including the book The Long Goodbye, a commentary on the death of Nancy Cruzan. His book was highly acclaimed. He has made multiple television appearances and is often times a keynote speaker for events on this topic. He is currently a Fellow at the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City (formerly Midwest Bioethics Center), and taught recently at the University of Kansas School of Law.
Other speakers include academics, practitioners and professors from around the country such as: Annette Clark (Seattle University), Dr. Martha Twaddle (Palliative and Care Center Hospice of the North Shore), Father Grogan (Neiswanger Institute and Provena Health), Barbara Noah (University of Florida), Father O'Rourke (Neiswanger Insitute), Lois Shepherd (Florida State University), Kathy Cerminara (Nova Southeastern), Norman Cantor (Rutgers University), Rabbi Bentley (Congregation Kol Ami) and Arthur LaFrance (Lewis and Clark University).
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http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/alumni/documents/NSU%20Lawyer2004.pdf
Associate Professor Kathy Cerminara was a member of the planning committee for the NSU health care conference, "A Glimpse of the Future of Health Care in America 2004," addressing obesity, mental health, wellness and fitness, purchasing medication from the internet, and importing prescription drugs from Canada. She was asked by Aspen Publishers to review their Hospital Law Manual. She holds monthly roundtable discussions on the subject of advance directives and end-of-life care with HPD medical students in geriatric rotations. The publishers of Summons included Professor Cerminara's article, "Advance Directives in the United States" in its summer issue and "Futile Treatment in the United States" in its autumn issue. She also led a roundtable discussion about building health law programs at the annual "Health Law Teachers Conference," sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. Professor Cerminara's article "Taking a Closer Look at the Managed Care Class Actions" was highlighted by the editors of the "In The Law Reviews" sectcion of Health Law Week. She addressed the Aventura-Hollywood Chapter of the Brandeis Universyt National Women's Committee on the topic of "End-of-Life Medical Care in Florida: How to Get What You Want (Or How to Avoid Getting What You Don't Want)." Professor Cerminara was a moderator and panel originator at the Southwestern Association of Law Schools annual meeting.
The Clearwater Bar is to Greer as Chemical Ali is to Saddam Hussein. Always mining for victims (wards).