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• Opening Remarks, Bernard J. Firestone, Ph.D. Dean, Hofstra College for Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Daniel Martin Varisco, Ph.D., The End of Life, the Ends of Life: An Anthropological View
• Panel Discussion: Monotheistic Faith Perspectives on Brain Death, Do Not Resuscitate Orders and Patient Autonomy
• Cheryl B. Mwaria, Ph.D. Pain Management for the Terminally Ill: The Role of Race and Religion
• Sam Packer, M.D. The Ethical Basis of Informed Consent
• Gamal Badawi, Ph.D. Muslim Attitudes towards End-of-Life Decisions
• Shahid Athar, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. Advance Directives and Living Wills for Muslims
• Tanveer Mir, M.D., M.A.C.P. The Spectrum of Neurological Recovery: From Minimally Conscious to Vegetative State
• Frederick A. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.P. Are Physicians Ethically Obligated to Address Hospice as an Alternative to “Usual” Treatment of Advancing End-Stage Disease?
• Panel Discussion: Compassionate Care, Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., Julie Byrne, Ph.D., Warren G. Frisina, Ph.D.
• Shahid Athar, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. Principles of Biomedical Ethics
• Tanveer Mir, M.D., M.A.C.P. Care of the Terminally Ill from Religious Perspectives: Role of Palliative and Hospice Care
• Mary Lahaj, M.A., C.P.E. Certified. End of Life Care and the Chaplain’s Role on the Medical Team
• Care of the Terminally Ill: Religious Perspectives. Discussion.
• Hossam E. Fadel, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.O.G. Ethical Aspects of Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Malformations
• Ali M. Nadroo, M.D., F.A.A.P. Ethical Dilemmas in Decision-Making at the Limits of Neonatal Viability
• Malika Haque, M.D., F.A.A.P. End-of-Life Decisions in the Pediatric Patient
• Hossam E. Fadel, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.O.G. Postmortem and Perimortem Cesarean Sections: History and Ethical and Religious Considerations
• End-of-Life Issues at the Beginning of Life. Discussion.
• Hasan Shanawani, M.D., M.P.H. Organ Transplantation: The Muslim Viewpoint
• Aasim I. Padela, M.D., M.Sc. Muslim Controversies around Brain Death
• Faroque Ahmed Khan, M.D., M.A.C.P. Concluding Remarks