Women and Aging:
Ethical
Implications
for 2005 and Beyond
The Women's Bioethics Project and
SAGE Crossroads will sponsor a panel of experts from law, medicine,
and humanities examine ethical considerations of women and aging.
These experts will look at the assumptions, experiences, practices,
and public policies that affect women's well-being, self-respect,
and dignity as we age.
Issues discussed will include:
* What are the gender
differences in status and power as people age?
* Women live longer than men -- does the debate about
rationing health
care on the basis of age adequately take this into account?
* Women are most often lifelong caregivers to children and
elderly
parents -- how does society and, specifically, public policy
– help
support this selfless behavior?
* How are proxy end-of-life decisions made differently for
women, as
they most often outlive their spouses or do not remarry
after
divorce and these decisions are made by children or distant
relatives rather than life partners?
When: Wednesday, June 8,
2005
Registration: 6:30pm Event: 7:00pm - 9:00 p.m.
***Wine and Cheese reception immediately following
the panel
discussion
Where: Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Volunteer Park
1400 East Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle,
Wash.
Who: Nancy Hooyman, PhD,
Professor and Dean Emeritus,
University of Washington School of Social Work
Patricia Kuszler,
JD, MD, Associate Dean
University of Washington School of Law
Helene Starks, PhD,
MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of
Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington
School
of Medicine
Artee Young, PhD,
JD, Professor,
The Evergreen State College