New Regulations in Ontario: Physicians, CPR and Family Insistence

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO, the provincial physician regulatory body) has issued an update of policy #4-15 (Planning for and Providing Quality End-of-Life Care) which contains new provisions relating to CPR. Among other issues, many physicians believe that they must now perform CPR where the patient or substitute decision maker insists —even if performing CPR is against the professional judgement of the physician.
This forum will hear expert summaries from CPSO, ethical, physician and legal perspectives; audience engagement will be encouraged.
Date: Wednesday October 28, 2015 (8.30 – 10.00 am)
Moderators: Niall D. Ferguson, Brian P. Kavanagh
Location: Osgoode East

SPEAKERS

Andrew Baker MD FRCPC Professor of Anesthesia, University of Toronto; Chief, Dept. Critical Care, St. Michael’s Hospital.	Brian P. Kavanagh MB FRCPC Professor & Chair, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children; Organizing Chair, CCCF	Niall D. Ferguson MD FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto; Director, Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network & Mt. Sinai Hospital; Program Chair, CCCF	Stephen E. Lapinsky MB FRCPC Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Staff Intensivist and Chair, Hospital CPR Committee, Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Carol Leet MD FRCPC President, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; Pediatrician, Brampton, ON	Jaan Lilles MA LLM Partner, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP	Robert Sibbald MSc Clinical Bioethicist, London Health Sciences Centre; Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University	Alexi Wood BA JD Associate, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.