Seminar on Re-Envisioning Ethical Alternatives in Health Care:
"CALL TO ACTION, ASSEMBLY: COMMUNITY ALLIANCES,
LABOR INITIATIVES – NEW CORPORATIZATION CHALLENGES"
December 3, 1997
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Interchurch Center
475 Riverside Drive at 120th Street
New York, NY 10115
Dialogue-Openers:
I. "Ethics & Law: Regulating Managed Care – The State of the States"
Tracy E. Miller, JD, Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
(author "Health Law and Ethics…In the Laboratory of the States" JAMA, 10/1/97)
II. "1199’s Non-Profit "Managed Indemnity Plan": Alternative to Profits?"
Dr. Geoffrey Gibson, Associate Director, Local 1199 (NY) Health Benefits Plan
[Buffet break about 5:45 p.m.]
III. "Toward New Community Alliance"
……. Latest Reports on Harlem-Northern Manhattan Clergy, Congregations, Community Based Organizations Outreach, Initiatives -- Educational Program, Provider Partners…
V. Call to Action Against For-Profit Takeover(s): New Physicians, Nurses, Health Workers, Students Challenge: Review (Dec. 2) JAMA; Boston Anti-Profit "Tea Party" Satellite – Plans for Friday, Jan. 30--New York Action Assembly – Noon - 5 p.m., Hunter School of Social Work
[by 6:45 p.m.]
VI. Progress Reports, Action Announcements: Around-The-Table APHA: Faith Community Caucus,
For-Profit Challenge; Toward National Inter-Religious Constituencies "Gathering" in Chicago, April 26-28…
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Light supper buffet $8.00
RSVP, please… marcel@ncccusa.org, or, call (212) 870-3561 Fax: (212) 870-3341
Sponsored by: Resources for the Civic Conversation - National Council of Churches - 475 Riverside Drive, NYC 10115