Conference Programme

12th September 2017, LG.06, Liberty Building,

University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

10.00	Opening remarks: Professor Alastair Mullis, Head of the School of Law, University of Leeds.
10.10	Keynote: Professor Rob Heywood, University of East Anglia: Shaping Our Future Destiny: Legal Observations on Advance Decision-Making - Past, Present and Future. Abstract
10.40-11.00	Dr Louise Bramley, University of Nottingham: Negotiating care services with frailty: Implications for decision making and advance care panning. Abstract
11 – 11.30	Questions, followed by coffee break
11.30	Astrid Gieselmann & Professor Jochen Vollmann, Ruhr Universität Bochum; Professor Alfred Simon, Göttingen; and Professor Bettina Schöne-Seifert, Universität Münster How should advance directives be implemented in psychiatry? Clinicians’ attitudes toward different types of advance directives in psychiatric treatment in Germany Abstract
11.50	Dr Lucy Stephenson, Kings’ College London: Provision for Self-Binding Advance Directives Should be Included in Mental Health Act Reform Abstract
12.10-12.30	Prof. Jo Samanta, De Montfort University, Leicester: Advance decisions and Welfare LPAs: belt and braces for advance care planning? Abstract
12.30-13.30	Questions, followed by lunch
13.30 – 14.00	Keynote: Professor John Ellershaw, University of Liverpool Conversations and advance care planning in end of life care - a challenging interface? Abstract
14.00	Dr Ruth Horn, University of Oxford Why should I question a patient's wish?" A comparative study on physicians' perspectives on their duties to respect advance directives Abstract
14.20	Dr Samantha Halliday, University of Leeds & Prof. Jean McHale, University of Birmingham Advance decisions: can you ever refuse basic care? Abstract
14.40-15.15	Questions followed by coffee
15.15	Gillian Loomes, University of York Cripping the Crystal Ball: Exploring the Synergies and Tensions when Advance Care Planning and Disability Politics Meet Abstract
15.35	Dr Alicia Perez Blanco, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid Can advance care planning enhance decision-making at end-of-life in the Intensive Care Unit? Abstract
15.55	Kevin De Sabbata , University of Amsterdam Advance Directives, Dementia and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A new role for anticipated will Abstract
16.15	Questions
16.30	Closing remarks