Carol taylor, PhD, msn, rn

Editorial Board

International Editorial Board. Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. (2013 – present)

Editorial Advisory Board. Journal of Hospital Ethics (JOHE). (2013 – present)

Aspen Reference Group. S.N. DiLima, Manager & D.E. Eutsey, Ed. (1996 --2004).

Palliative care: Patient and family counseling manual. Gaithersberg, MD: Aspen.

The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly

The American Journal of Bioethics
Consultant Editor

Nursing Ethics, An International Journal for Health Care Professionals
Unpublished Theses

The Morality Internal to the Practice of Nursing, unpublished doctoral dissertation,

Georgetown University, Graduate School of Philosophy, 1997.

Meaning in Suffering and Illness and its Relationship to Self-Actualization and

Despairful 'Not-Caring' in Selected Hospitalized Persons with Metastatic Carcinoma, unpublished master's thesis, The Catholic University of American School of Nursing, 1979.
Educational Videotapes

Alba House, Society of St. Paul. (1998). Profiles and Issues. Moral Dimensions of Genetics and Reproductive Technologies. Four thirty-minute video programs.

Catholic Health Association. (1993). End-of-life treatment: Pain management and

terminal illness. St. Louis, MO: Catholic Health Association.

National League for Nursing. (1993). Educational Horizon Videos: Nursing, Ethics

and the Law. New York: National League for Nursing.
RECENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES (1999-2015)
Case Studies in Health Care Ethics. Presentation, Virginia Nurses’ Association Annual Membership Asssembly. Richmond, VA, November 20, 2015.

Why Ethics? Why Not? Revisiting the Ethical Foundations for Practice. Morning Workshop. MidAtlantic Interprofessional Leadership conference hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA, October 30, 2015.

Facilitating Good Dying for Cognitively Impaired Individuals. Wounded Healers: Acknowledging Nursing’s Emotional Work. Ethical Challenges in Palliative Care. Presentations for Scholars’ Day. University of Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA, October 25, 2015.

What Three Icons, Emmanuel, Maynard, and Sacks Have to Contribute to our Creative Conversations about Good Dying. Panel presentation. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 22, 2015.

Pope Francis’ Visit. Which Lives Matter? Goldilocks and Short Stay Patients. Presentation to Hospice of the Valley Ethics Committee, Phoenix, AZ, October 15, 2015.

Rethinking our Ethical Responsibilities with Short Stay Patients: What is Just for our Patients, Families, and Ourselves? Presentations to Hospice of the Valley Associates, Phoenix, AZ, October 15-16, 2015.

When Helping Gets Hard. “Cadillac Expectations” and Staff Compassion Fatigue. Rethinking our Duty to Care. William F. Mitchell Seminars. St. Paul’s Hospital and Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan, Regina and Saskatoon, CANADA, October 7-8, 2015.

Communities and Injustices. Presentation at Mercy Health Annual Ethics Colloquium, Cincinnati, OH, October 2, 2015.

Health Care Decision Making for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Ethics Case Studies. Presentation. Georgetown University Complex Moral Problems Grant, Washington, DC, June 8, 2015.

Organizational Integrity and Institutional Ethics Programs. Presentation, Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Summer Intensive Course, Washington, DC, June 5, 2015.

Identifying and Responding to Suffering in Ethically Challenging Situation. Presentation, American Nurses Association Symposium on Ethics, Baltimore, MD, June 4, 2015.

Advance Care Planning: Challenges for Spiritual Caregivers. Presentation to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital CPE interns. Washington, DC, May 5, 2015.

The Revised ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses—Leadership Challenges. Presentation to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Nursing Leadership Forum. Washington, DC, March 25, 2015.

Health Care Ethics Committees—A U.S. Perspective. Care and Cure: An Ethical Framework for Health Care Professionals. Justice and Care: New Challenges for Medical Ethics. Caring for Elders: Ethical Challenges. Invited Presentations at the University of Padua, Padua, ITALY, April 20-23, 2015.

Advance Care Planning: Nursing’s Role. Presentation to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Nurses. Washington, DC, April 9, 2015.

Palliative Care—Emerging Ethical Challenges. Presentation for Third National Nursing Ethics Conference. Los Angeles, California, March 20, 2015.

Responding to Human Suffering: Challenges for Leadership. Seminar for Catholic Health Care Leaders, Ministry Leadership Center, Sacramento, California, February 4-5, 2015; Denver, Colorado, February 12-13, 2015.

New and Recurring Ethical Challenges in Health Care. 2 ½ Day Seminar for Doctoral Students at Murray University School of Nursing, Murray, KY, January 5-7, 2015.

Ethical Challenges for the Seriously Ill and Dying. Webinar for the National Press Foundation and Presentation for Cancer Journalists. Washington, DC, December 10, 2015.

Educating for Person-Centered Care, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Presentation, ADN Conference, November 15, 2014.

Evolving End-of-Life Ethical Issues Post Mancini and Maynard; Ethics and Ebola; Chaplains and Confidentiality Case Studies; Presentations, Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AA, October 30-31.

Racial Disparities Post Ferguson, Annual Ethics Conference, Inova Fairfax Hospital, October 14, 2014.

Racial Disparities Post Ferguson, Phil Keane Lecture, Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore, MD, October 9, 2014.

Educating for Person-Centered Care, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Webinars, October 8, 20, 21, 2014.

Educating for Person-Centered Care, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Presentation, Annual National League of Nursing Conference, September 19, 2014.

Addressing Spiritual Distress, Presentation, 6^th Annual Spirituality and Health Summer Institute, George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, Washington, DC, July 24, 2014.

Ethical Dimensions of Research Involving Human Subjects. Closing Keynote, Annual Doctoral Nursing Students Conference, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL, May 22, 2014.

Medical Ethics: New and Recurring Challenges. Presentation. Saint Anthony Medical Center May Day Conference, Rockford, IL, May 1, 2014.

Health Care Decision Making for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Presentation. Washington Hospital Center Annual Regional Ethics Conference, Washington, DC, April 21, 2014.

Oh the Places You Have Been: New Approaches to Vexing Ethical Challenges. Ethics Workshop, AACN Clinical Priorities Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 16, 2014.

Caring for Persons with Dementia, Personal and Societal Challenges, Rose Mass Speaker, Detroit Michigan, March 30, 2014.

Health Care Decision Making: Can an Ethical Framework Facilitate our Deliberations? Presentation, Presence Health System Ethics Conference, Joliet, Illinois, March 24, 2014.

Two Day Consultation, Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ, March13-14, 2014.

Hope and Good Dying. Compassion Fatigue, Caregiver Burnout and Humane Care. Give it more time: The ethics of waiting. Presentations for Providence Health System Ethics Core Curriculum III. Portland, OR, January 14-15, 2014.

Vexing Ethical and Legal challenges… How confident are you in the advice you give? Presentation to MD-DC-Society of Healthcare Risk Management. December Meeting. Arundel Mills, MD, December 11, 2013.

Humane Care for Humans…Trivial, Superficial, Unrealistic or Essential. Keynote address. Workshop on Vulnerable Populations. Laureate International Universities IV International Symposium of Health Sciences. Panama City, PANAMA, November 27, 2013.

You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Loves You. Demystifying Spiritual Care. Keynote. Matters of the Heart: Spirituality and Relationship-based Care. Georgetown University Hospital Conference for Nurses, Washington, DC, November 22, 2013.

Ethics Update. Committee on Bioethics and Humanities, Annual AMA meeting. National Harbor, MD, November 16, 2013.

Ethical Issues in Supportive Volunteer Relationships. New Song Center for Grieving Children. Phoenix, AZ, November 9, 2013.

Workplace Wellness Programs. Presentation to the Ethics Committee. Reflective Practice: The Lost Art of Healing. Dinner presentation for Palliative Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. Gifts of the Heart. Series of Presentations to Nursing Assistants. Biannual Visit to Hospice of the Valley. Phoenix, AZ, November 7-8, 2013.

Hand-Feeding: Elective Intervention or Moral Obligation. Presentation at the American Society of Bioethics Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 26, 2013.

Models in Palliative Care Delivery. Truth-Telling and Disclosures. Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Presentations at American University of Beirut’s 1^st Master Class on Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Beirut, LEBANON, October 18-19, 2013.

Humane Medicine, Ethics Matters. The Ethics Initiative of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program at the AUB Faculty of Medicine and AUB Medical Center, Beirut, LEBANON, October 17, 2013.

Spirituality and Ethics in Medicine: A Nurse’s Perspective. Presentation for Leadership Retreat, Catholic Health Partners, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 3.

Enabling Hope. Presentation, Fifth Annual GWish Summer Institute for Spiritual Care, George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 10, 2013.

Organizational Integrity. Special Topic. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Intensive Bioethics Course, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 5, 2012.

Student Moral Distress: Cultivating Awareness and Resilience. Plenary. Teaching Spiritual Care: Core or Elective Competence for our Graduates? Saint Anselm’s College 21^st Annual Conference for Nurse Educators. Falmouth, MA, May 31, 2013.

The Role of the Spiritual in Health Care. Keynote, Third Annual Health, Healing, and Religion Conference, Bracebridge, Ontario, CANADA, May 24, 2013.

The Moral Meaning of Time. Nurses’ Week Ethics Rounds. Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba, Winipeg, Manitoba, CANADA, May 9, 2013.

Two day consultation. Hospice of the Valley. Phoenix, AZ, April 25-27, 2013.

Teaching Responsible, Caring Practice and Educating for Ethical and Legal Competence. Northwestern State University Faculty Development Workshop. Shreveport, LA, April 15, 2013.

Continuing Challenges with Futility, Presentation to the Denver Community Ethics Committee. April 18, 2013.

My loved one died well, thanks to the ethics committee. Keynote. The Annual DC, MD, VA (DMV) Regional Hospital Clinical Ethics Conference. MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Friday, March 29, 2013.

The Power (and Limits) of One, Keynote, and Connecting Values in the Context of Futile Treatment, Break-out Session, 2^nd National Nursing Ethics Conference, Los Angeles, CA. March 21-22, 2013.

Spiritual Care as Patient Centered Care. Suffering, Hope, and Human Flourishing. Plenary Sessions. City of Hope National Medical Center Conference, Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care. Los Angeles, CA, March 6-7, 2013.

Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Distinguished Fellow of Practice. Arizona University. Phoenix, AZ. February 28-March 1, 2013.

Palliative Care: Recurrent and Emerging Challenges. Presentation for DC Metropolitan Area Palliative Care Nurses. Washington, DC, January 24, 2013.

When No Longer Feeling Distressed Is a Bad Thing. Presentation. Providence Hospital. Washington, DC. January 22, 2013.

Intensive Health Care Ethics Course for DNP students. Murray State University, Murray, KY, January 7-8, 2013.

Care Ethics. Symposium Presentation. Sophia University. Tokyo, JAPAN, December 10, 2012.

Healing Presence: A Way of Being, A Way of Caring, A Way of Loving. Presentation, Japanese-Korean Medical Instititution & College Joint Conference. Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, JAPAN, December 7, 2012..

Ethical Decision Making and Requests for Medically “Futile,” Medically Ineffective, or Nonbeneficial Treatment. Presentation. Pediatric Palliative Care: The Art and Science Conference. The Hospital for Sick Children Pediatric Center. Washington, DC, November 16, 2012.

Ethics 101 and Religion, Ethics and Conflict, Half-day Workshops for Sunrise Health and Nursing Ethics Huddles, Yorktown, Saskatchewan, CANADA, November 7-8, 2012.

Celebrating Ethics in Professional Practice. William F. Mitchell Bioethics Lecture. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA, November 6, 2012.

Ethical Challenges in designing a system wide approach to dealing with critical drug shortages. Panel session. ASBH 14^th annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 19, 2012.

Health Care Decision Making: Rethinking Nursing Advocacy. Holy Family University Distinguished Lecturer, Philadelphia, PA, October 12, 2012.

Healing Presence: You’re Nobody until Somebody Loves You. 2012 Sister Meigan Fogarty Lecture. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, October 5, 2012.

Will the Real Patient Advocate Please Stand Up: Rethinking our Common Advocacy Challenges. Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. San Diego, CA, October 3, 2012.

Penn State: Could It Happen Here? Creating a Culture that Listens and Responds. UCLA Ethics Rounds. Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 2012.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Facing the Challenges of Moral Distress. Catholic Health Partners Ethics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Sept 27-28, 2012.

Truth or Consequences. Spectrum Health Ethics Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 14, 2012.

Spiritual Care Research Retreat. Wasan Island, CANADA, July 24-29, 2012.

Reflective Practice. Presentation, Fourth annual GWish Summer Institute for Spiritual Care, George Washington University, July 13, 2012.

Moral Distress. Presentation. Little Sisters of Mary Ethics Conference. Evergreen, IL, June 14, 2012.

Organizational Integrity. Special Topic. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Intensive Bioethics Course, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 6, 2012.

“Buying Time”: The Ethics of Waiting. 8^th International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation. Sao Paolo, BRAZIL, May 18, 2012.

Ethics Case Presentations and Consultation. Hospice of the Valley. Phoenix, AZ, April 26-27, 2012.

Ethics and Health Care Decisionmaking. Lecture for Clinical Pastoral Education Residents. Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Febraury 27, 2012.

Meeting with visitors from Japan to discuss palliative care education in the U.S.: Ikuko Oikawa, MS, RN (St. Luke’s College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan) and Teruko Watanabe, MSN, RN, CNS (Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan). February 24, 2012.

Chemotherapy Shortages. MedStat Pharmacolgy and Treatments Committee meeting to address methotrexate shortages. Columbia, MD, February 23, 2012.

Organizational Integrity: Interviews with Senior Leadership. Montgomery Hospice. Rockville, MD, February 22, 2012.

Ethics Case Presentation: Medically Ineffective Treatment. Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Washington, DC, February 17, 2012.

Emerging Trends in Nursing Practice and Education. Presentation to Nursing Faculty in Four Cities in India: Delhi, Ludhianna, Kochi, and Chennai, INDIA, Janaury 16-20, 2012.

Ethics 101, Informing and Critiquing Professional Behavior, "A Model of Professional Care," and Case Study Analysis. Presentations at The Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program at the American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine1st National Nursing Ethics Conference, Beirut, LEBANON, January 13-14, 2012. End of Life Ethical Challenges in Cancer Care. Presentation to Journalists at the National Press Foundation Symposium, Washington, DC, December 14, 2011.

Creating Caring Environments: Everyday Ethical Challenges. Ethics 101 for Nursing Assistants. Presentations at Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ, December 1-2, 2011.

Health Care Ethics and Nursing: New and Recurring Challenges. A U.S. Perspective. Keynote. International Nursing Forum sponsored by the Institute for Cross-Cultural and International Study in Nursing Practice at Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JAPAN, November 20, 2011.

Advocacy, Distress and Integrity. Everyday Challenges for Today’s Nurses. Caring for Oneself and One’s Team. Presentations. Ethics Symposium. Georgetown University Hospital. Washington, DC, November 10, 2011.

Moral Agency and Moral Distress. Ethics Symposium. Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA, November 7, 2011.

Spiritual Care Workshop. Roswell Park Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY: November 4, 2011.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Facing the Challenges of Moral Distress. Catholic Health Association Ethics Webinar. October 27, 2011.

Rethinking nursing’s advocacy obligations in 2011: Are we measuring up? Presentation. Greater Washington Area of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ 2011 Spotlight on Critical Care. Springfield, VA, October 26, 2011.

Ethics Quality Gaps and Ethical Leadership: New Challenges. Keynote and Panel Faciliator. Kaiser Permanente—California, “Bioethics Offsite.” Santa Monica, CA, October 26, 2011.

Buying Time: The Ethics of Waiting When Making Critical Care Decisions. 2011 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting. General Session. Minneapolis, MN, October 15, 2011.

Rethinking nursing’s advocacy obligations in 2011: Are we measuring up? Presentation. Maryland Nurses’ Association Annual Convention: Leadership for HealthCare Change: The Future of Nursing. Annapolis, MD, October 13, 2011.

An ethics of care and compassion fatigue. Keynote: Danville Chapter CMSA Conference. Henry Hood Center for Medical Research. Geisinger Medical Center. Danville, PA, September 28, 2011.

Developing the art of compassionate, healing presence. Presentation for GWish Spirituality and Health Summer Institute 2011. George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 26, 2011.

Addressing recurring ethical issues to bring about needed change. Presentation, Ethics Consultation and Beyond: A primer for health care ethics committee members, Baltimore, MD, June 29, 2011.

Healing Presence. Workshop on spiritual care. British Columbia Catholic Health Association. New Westminster, CANADA, June 27, 2011.

Healing Presence. Workshop in spiritual care. Luther Court Society, Victoria, BC, CANADA, June 24, 2011.

The limits of reason: An exploration of the role or emotion, intuition, and moral imagination in ethical reasoning. Opening Keynote, Colorado Health Care Ethics Forum, Denver, CO, May 5, 2011,

Spiritual Care Workshop. Alberta Pastoral Care Association. Canmore, Alberta, CANADA, May2-3, 2011

Health Care Ethics and the Underserved. Symposium: South Dakota State University and Sanford University Medical Center. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. April 26, 2011.

Institutional Ethics Programss. Hospice of Central Iowa Ethics Committee. Institutional Integrity and Organizational Ethics. Hospice of Central Iowa Executive Leadership Team. Ethics in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care. Workshop. Hospice of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, April 5-7, 2011.

Ethical Issues with the Seriously Ill and Dying. Guest Lecture to Medical Students. Des Moines University School of Medicine. Des Moines, Iowa, April 5, 2011.

Strategies for Raising Ethical Awareness within Institutions: Getting Cases to the Ethics Committee or Consult Team. General Session. Arizona Bioethics Network Conference. Phoenix, AZ, April 1, 2011.

The Ethics of Health Care Reform and the Ethics Committee, Presentation to the Hospice of the Valley Ethics Committee, Phoenix, AZ, March 31, 2011.

Rethinking Nursing’s Advocacy Obligations in 2011: Are We Measuring Up? Conference Keynote. Ethics, Integrity and Everyday Decisionmaking. Break out session. 2011 National Nursing Ethics Conference. Los Angeles, CA. March 24-25, 2011.

The Call for Change: Implementing the Carnegie Foundation’s Call for Radical Transformation in Nursing Education. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Symposium for Nurse Educators. Toledo, OH. March 3-4, 2011.

Transitioning from Critical Thinking to Clinical Reasoning. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. National Webinars. February 28 and March 2, 22, and 28, 2011.

Healing the Whole Person. 5^th Annual Spirit of Care Conference. Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center. Lincoln, NE. March 4, 2011.

Organizational Integrity. Three hour workshop. Montgomery Hospice. Rockville, MD, March 3, 2011.

The Lady and the Grim Reaper: Ethical Issues for the Seriously Ill and Dying. Presentation for the Georgetown University Hospital Volunteer Series. Washington, DC, February 2, 2011.

Supporting Parent Who are Experiencing Decisional Conflict. Presentation for the Hospital for Sick Children. Washington, DC, January 28, 2011.

Personal and Professional Integrity: New and Recurring Challenges. Care Ethics. General Sesssions. Geisinger Health System Conference, Danville, PA, January 20, 2011.

Is Death Really an Option? Just Because We Can Doesn’t Always Mean We Should. Palliative Interventions: Time to Rethink our Priorities. Tenth Annual Spiritual Care Seminar. Mid Michigan Medical Center. Midland, Michigan, January 13, 2011.

Excellent Practice: Moral Agency and Moral Distress. Interdisciplinary Inservice. Ethical Distress. Session with Medical Directors. Authorized Termination of Pregnancy and Excommunication: An Analysis of the Phoenix Case. Session with Ethics Committee. Hospice of the Valley. Phoenix, AZ. November 10-13, 2011.

November 2-6: Healing Presence: You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You. One day workshops for the Good Samaritan Society. Nanaimo, British Columbia, CANADA and Kelowna, British Columbia, CANADA, November 3, 5, 2010.

October 27-30: Personal Interdisciplinary Team Self-Care Plans. Plenary Session. Taking the Message Home. Congress Summation and Motivational Send-Off. Supportive Care Coalition Congress, St. Louis, MO. October 28,30, 2010.

When is it assisted suicide? Workshop. Montgomery Hospice. Rockville, MD, October 26, 2010.

End of Life Issues in Cancer Care: Are we making Progress? Session for journalists sponsored by the National Press Foundation. October 18, 2010.

Preparing Students for Responsible, Caring Practice. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, National Webinars. October 6, 12, November 9, 15, 2010.

Workshop for Ethics Champions. Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Roswell Park, Buffalo, NY. September 30, 2010.

Ethical Challenges in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care. Interprofessional Health Care Grand Rounds. Texas A & M Health Science Center. College Station, TX, September 27, 2010.

Healing Presence. Breakout Session. GWish Summer Institute. George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 13, 2010.

Care Ethics, General Session. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Summer Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 7, 2010.

Ethics and Palliative Care. CME activity for Mid-Atlantic Permamente Medical Group. Rockville, MD, May 20, 2010.

Healing Presence: You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You. One day workshops for the Good Samaritan Society. Saskatoon, CANADA, May 14, 2010.

Nurses, Health Care Decisions and Patient Advocacy. Organizational Integrity. Sessions for St. Paul’s Health available in Western Canada via Telehealth. Saskatoon, CANADA. May 13, 2010.

May 5: Shobe Lecture. University of California, San Francisco. San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2010.

Ethics Rounds. Hospice of the Valley. Phoenix, AZ, April 28-30, 2010.

Personal, Professional, and Institutional Integrity: The Role of Senior Leadership. Cabrini Senior Leadership Retreat. One day workshop. Philadelphia, PA. April 27, 2010.

Institutional Integrity: What’s Working and Where do we need to improve? Focus Groups. Sibley Hospital. Washington, DC. April 20, 2010.

Institutional Integrity and Ethical Leadership. Presentation to Board and Senior Leadership. Holy Redeemer Health System. Philadelphia, PA. April 14-15, 2010.

Common Ethical Challenges in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care. Presentation. Des Moines University, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Des Moines, IO: April 7, 2010.

Disclosing Errors: Standard Practice, Uncertainties and Ethics. Ethics Rounds. UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA, March 17, 2010.

End of Life Ethical Challenges and Alzheimer’s Disease. General Session. Georgetown University Conference: Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research. Washington, DC, February 26, 2010.

Empiricism: The Ethics of Trial and Error Medicine. General Session. Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer: Personalized Medicine and the Cure of Cancer Symposium. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. February 17, 2010.

Institutional Integrity and Ethical Leadership: Top Down, Bottom Up, or Something Else? Address to Senior Leadership in Catholic Health Care. Sydney, AUSTRALIA, January 28, 2010.

Making Professional Ethics Education Effective (Keynote); Prenatal Diagnosis: Challenges to Faith, Hope and Charity (general session); Neurological Criteria for Death (Panelist). 2010 Bioethics Colloquium, Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, January 24-27, 2010.

Disclosing Medical Error. Presentation. Care NE Kent Hospital Seminar for Physicians. Warwick, RI: January 8, 2010.

Institutional Ethics Programs: Update. Presentation to Sibley Hospital Ethics Committee. Washington, DC, January 4, 2010.

Jesus, John Paul II and Decision Making at the End of Life. Presentation. St. Ann’s Fall 2009 Religious Enrichment Series, Arlington, VA, November 23, 2009.

Ethics Rounds Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ November 11-13, 2009

Ethics and Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying. Workshop. Shrevesport, LA, November 6-7, 2009.

Excellent Practice: Moral Agency and Moral Distress. Workshop for Nursing Leadership. Bon Secours Health System. Richmond, VA, October 29, 2009.

Healing Presence: You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You. One day workshops for the Good Samaritain Society. September 25, 2009, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and October 1, 2009 Lethbridge, Canada.

End-of-Life Care: Are We Making Progress? Keynote. Eastern Maine Medical Center Clinical Ethics Conference. Bangor Maine, September 21, 2009.

Ethical Dilemmas in Cancer Care. Presentation. Oncology: Clinical Issues and Trends. Contemporary Forums Conference, Washington, DC, September 16, 2009.

Ethics, End-of-Life Issues, Presentation, Oncology Update. National Press Foundation, Washington, DC, September 14,

2009.

Ethics, Cognitive Impairment, and Institutions: Emerging Challenges. Invited Paper. International Association of Catholic Bioethicists Conference, Cologne, GERMANY, July 12, 2009.

Compassionate Presence. Presentation. GWish Spirituality Workshop. George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 7, 2009.

Navigating Icebergs: Leadership Skills for all Professional Nurses. Presentation. Canadian Operating Room Leadership Network. Newfoundland, CANADA. June12, 2009.

Everyday Ethics: When Families and Professional Caregivers Disagree. M.D. Anderson’s First Ethics Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, June 5, 2009.

Jesus, John Paul II, and Good Dying: Reclaiming our Heritage. Sisters of the Little Company of Mary Leadership Retreat. Chicago, IL, June 4, 2009.

Care, Vulnerability and End of Life. General Session. Institutional Ethics Committees, Special Topics Presentation. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Summer Intensive Course, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 2, 2009.

Everyday Ethics: The Challenges of caring for patients, families, one another and ourselves. Nurse’s Week Presentation. Sibley Hospital, Washington, DC, May 7, 2008.

Institutional Integrity and Organizational Ethics, Presentation, Roswell Park Faculty Forum, Buffalo, NY, May 6, 2009

The Ethics of Disclosing Medical Error. Presentation, New England Regional Risk Management Conference. Falsmouth, MA, May 4, 2009.

“End of Life Decisions: Am I doing the right thing?” Grand Rounds. Marion General Hospital, Ohio Health. Ohio, April 23, 2009.

Finitude, Suffering, Hope and Human Flourishing: Why a little care matters.. Holy Cross Hospital Conference for Community Nurses, Silver Spring, MD, April 3, 2009.

Religion, Ethics, Dying and Death. Healing Presence: Creating a Culture that Promotes Spiritual Care. General and concurrent sessions. Maine Medical Center Annual Geriatrics Day. Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine. April 1, 2009.

Ethics, Integrity and Every day Decisionmaking. University of Southern Florida College of Nursing Distinguished Lecture Series, USF College of Nursing, Tampa, FL, March 27, 2009.

Ethical Issues in Surgical Decisions, 67^th Annual Scientific Conference, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Washington, DC, March 6, 2009.

Everyday Ethics: The Challenges of Caring for Children, Families, Colleagues and Self. Presentations and Work with the Ethics Committee and new Palliative Care Team, Children’s Hospital, Richmond, VA, March 4, 2009.

When Parents and Health Care Teams Disagree:  Guidelines for Negotiating Conflict. Presentation to Staff, Hospital for Sick Children, Washington, DC, January 16, 2009.

The Art of Ethics Consultation. Workshop for the Consortium of Catholic Hospitals in Boston. Boston, MA. November 14, 2008.

Healing Presence: Creating a Culture that Promotes Spiritual Health. Presentation. Center for Theological and Spiritual Development College Conference: Spirituality and Health Care: A Moral and Faith-filled Enterprise. College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ. November 8, 2008.

An Ethics of Care and Compassion Fatigue. Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, Manhattan, NY, November 6, 2008

Ethics, Integrity and Leadership. Presentation. New York State Association of Health Care Providers Annual Conference, Montreal, CANADA, October 27-29, 2008.

Ethics, Integrity and Leadership: Roadtrip to Quality. Keynote. AHPCO--Arizona Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Fall Conference. Phoenix, AZ, October 17. 

Oncology Nursing and Ethics: Today’s Challenges. Keynote presentation at the Cottage Health System Annual Oncology Nursing Conference. Santa Barbara, CA. October 13, 2008.

Jesus, Pope John Paul II and Good Dying: Reclaiming our Heritage. Presentation, Annual Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics Conference. Loyala University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, October 9, 2008.

Why do children suffer: The question of theodicy. Presentation at the 2^nd annual Pediatric Palliative Care Conference: Quality of Life for the Children. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, September 13, 2008.

Be careful what you wish for—The failure of the U.S. Patient Self-Determination Act. Presentation at Nursing Ethics and Health Care Policy—Bridging Local, National and International Perspective. Yale Univeristy, New Haven, CT: July 17, 2008.

Institutional Integrity and Organizational Ethics. Presentation, Compliance and Ethics Week. HSC Medical Center. Washington, DC. June 16, 2008.

Organizational Ethics. Intensive Bioethics Course 34. Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics. June 5, 2008, Washington, DC.

Preparing the Next Generation of Responsible, Caring Nurses. Faculty Workshop. June 3, 2008, Jersey City, NJ.

Commencement Address, Marymount University, May 11, 2008, Arlington, VA.

Healing Presence: Creating a culture that promotes spiritual health and Spiritual Care: Developing best practices. Presentations at Providence Health System’s Spirituality Conference, Vancouver, CANADA, May 8-10, 2008.

Nursing and Advocacy: Ethical Challenges. Nurses’ Week Lecture. Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC, May 6, 2008.

Ethics, Aging & Everday Health Care Decisions. Presentation for Health Partners Institute for Medical Education Forever Young: Baby Boomers Come of Age Conference, May 2, 2008,Bloomington, MN.

Healing Presence: Creating a culture that promotes spiritual health. Health Assembly Conference for Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, KS, April 26, 2008, Lake Las Vegas, NV.

Ethics, Quality and Leadership. Annual Bioethics Education Day. April 18, 2008. Atlantic Health System. Morristown, NJ.

Celebrating Care and Respecting its Limits. Keynote and Mediating Conflict about Treatment Decisions, Presentation. Navigating the Care of the Medically Fragile Child Conference, Norfolk, VA, April 9-12.

Will the Real Patient Advocate Please Stand Up! Leiken Lecture. Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC, April 2, 2008.

Scholar in Residence. Regional Center for Bioethics, Peking University Medical College, Beijing, CHINA, March 13-22, 2008.

Caring for Oneself and One’s Colleagues: The Role of Spirituality at Work. And The Technological Imperative: How to transition to purely palliative goals when families and caregivers disagree. Presentations. Recovering our Traditions III, 3^rd National Congress, San Antonio, TX, February 10-12, 2008.

Will the Real Patient Advocate Please Stand Up! Children and Families at Risk: Special Advocacy Challenges. Mayo Clinic Annual Ethics Conference, Rochester, MN, February 7-9, 2008.

Ethics, Integrity and Advocacy. Regional Meeting of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses. Georgetown University Hospital, January 16, 2008.

Ethics and Palliative Care. Presentation, Two-day Nursing Oncology Symposium. Community, Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA, January 12, 2008.

When dialysis is medically futile. Nephrology Rounds. Georgetown University Hospital. November 20, 2007.

Palliative Care and Nursing: Rethinking our Ability to Make the Critical Difference. Presentation, ELNEC Seminar, Lehigh Valley Hospice, Allentown, PA, November 16, 2007.

Organizational Ethics in Health Care: Beyond Compliance. Workshop for INOVA Health System, Springfield, VA, October 30, 2007.

Teaching Ethics. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Workshop for Nurse Educators. Community College of Rhode Island, Providence, RI., October 19, 2007.

Finitude, Suffering and Hope: A Prescription for Despair. St. Joseph College McAuley Lecture. Hartford, CT, October 18, 2007.

Cultural and Religious Differences and End of Life Decision Making. Presentation, Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA, October 17, 2007.

Nursing Excellence without Ethics: Who Are We Kidding? And Dealing with Tough Situations: When Families and Caregivers Disagree. Presentations, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA, October 15, 2007. [10/12-15]

Decisional Conflict and Healing Presence. Two presentations, Mount Carmel Meidcal Center Cancer Symposium, October 10, 2007, Columbus, OH, 2007.

Decisonmaking for the Seriously Ill and Dying: Medical Nutrition and Hydration and Irreversible Brain Damage. Ethics Symposium, Aquinas College, Nashville, TN, October 5, 2007

When Have I Cared Enough? The Challenges of Global Bioethics. Center for Clinical Ethics, Toronto, Canada, September 28, 2007. [9/27-9/29]

The what, where and how of institutional resources for clinical ethics. Presentation to ethics committee, and Insurmountable Challenges (?): When Families and Caregivers Disagree. Presentation and Case Discussion for the Richard A. Liebendorfer Ethics Symposium, St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, September 20, 2007. [9/19-9/21]

Ethical Decisionmaking in the Care of Seriously Ill Children. Presentation, Pediatric Palliative Care Conference. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, September 8, 2007.

Caring and Bioethics. Presentation for Buckley Scholars, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, November 28, 2007

Ethics Day, St. Joseph’s Medical Center: Presentations for Ethics Committee, Family Practice Residents, and Community at large, Syracuse, NY, August 1, 2007.

Decisional Conflict, Presentations for System Organizations and Meeting with the Ethics Team. Providence Health System, Portland, OR, June 20-21, 2007.

Spiritual Health, Spiritual Care and Integrated Medicine. Presentation for DOW Chemical, Midland, Michigan, June 13, 2007.

Academic Integrity, Presentation to Senior Leadership, Delaware Valley Community College, Wilmington, DE, June 11, 2007

Doing Health Care Ethics. Two day workshop, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, May 31-June 1, 2007, Washington, DC.

Finitude, Suffering and Hope: A Prescription for Despair, Commencement Speech, St. Joseph’s College, Hartford, CT, May 20, 2007.

Ethics and the Crisis of the Healing Professions, Book Symposium, May 16, 2007, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Canton, OH, May 9, 2007

Nursing and Health Care Ethics: A Legacy and a Vision. Invited Scholar. Center for Policy and Ethics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, April 25-27, 2007.

Keynote, Annual ORNAC Conference, Perioperative Nursing in Canada, Victoria, BC, CANADA, April 23-24, 2007.

Ethics, Governance and Organizational Integrity. Natioanl Capital Healthcare Executives Educational Program Seminar, Arlington, VA, April 10, 2007.

The Ethics of Transitioning to Different Levels of Care. Workshop for Falcons Landing, Potomac Falls, VA, March 29, 2007

Second Invited Clinical Nurse Ethics Scholar. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA, March 18-20, 2007.

Dealing with Tough Situations: When Families and Caregivers Disagree,” Surgery Grand Rounds, “Justice and Care as Distinct Moral Orientations”, Medicine Grand Rounds, Lehigh Valley Medical Center, Allentown, PA, March 6, 2007.

Ethical Issues in the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying: A Challenge for Faith Communities. Presentation for the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Critical Issues of our Day: The Challenges to Faith series. Adrian, MI, February 27, 2007.

“Educating Competent, Responsible, Compassionate Nurses,” Presentation at Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins first Seminar for Nurse Educators, Troy, MI, February 23, 2007.

Catholic Identity, Mission, and Strategic Planning, Presentation for Holy Redeemer Health System, Huntingdon Valley, PA, February 21, 2007.

Ethics and Everyday Practice, Workshop for Respiratory Care, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, February 14, 2007.

Healing Presence: Creating a Culture that Promotes Spiritual Care. And, Religion, Ethics and Conflict in Health Care. 6^th Annual Spiritual Care Bioethics Seminar. MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland, Midland, MI, January 31, 2007.

“Transitioning to Different Levels of Care: Ethical Challenges,” Presentation for Senior Leadership, Falcons’ Landing Retirement Community, January 29, 2007, Sterling, VA.

Dealing with Tough Situations: When Families and Caregivers Disagree,” Ethics Grand Rounds, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 2007.

“Dealing with Tough Situations: When Families and Caregivers Disagree,” Grand Rounds, Medicine, “Ethics and Everyday Nursing,” Seminar, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, January 17, 2007.

Hospice Ethics Rounds and Workshop for Ethics Champions, Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-12, 2007.

“The Ethics of Supportive Care,” Lectures, OSF Healthcare System, Rockford, IL and Peoria, IL, November 30-December 1, 2006.

“Care and Justice: Nursing Scholarship,” Sigma Theta Tau Induction, Delta Pi Chapter, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY, November 17, 2006.

“Dealing with Tough Situations: When Families and Caregivers Disagree,” Catholic Health Association Audio Conference, November 8-9, 2006

“Care Ethics and Transcultural Nursing,” Keynote, 32^nd Annual Transcultural Nursing Society Conference. Annapolis, MD, November 4, 2006.

“Ethics and the Elderly,” Individual, Institutional and Societal Challenges. Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, OH, November 2, 2006.

“The Ethical Foundation for Professional Practice,” The 17^th Annual Bruce E. Siegel Memorial Lecture. Columbus, OH, November 1, 2006.

ASBH Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 26-29.

Hospice and Palliative Care Conference, October 24-25.

“Ethics at the Bedside: An Interactive Workshop to Address Common Ethical Challenges,” Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ, October 19, 2006.

“Medical Surgical Nursing in the Future: Ethical Challenges,” Medical Surgical Update 2006. Dartmouth Medical Center and St. Anselm College, Lebanon, NH, October 16, 2006.

“Care and Justice: Nursing Scholarship,” Alumni Breakfast. The Catholic University of America School of Nursing. October 14, 2006.

“Ethics, Integrity and Everyday Decisionmaking,” Ambulatory Care Nurse Conference, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH, October 10, 2006.

“Conflict, Ethics and Integrity,” General Session, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health’s Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 29, 2006.

“Elder Care: Ethics and Aging,” General Session. St. Anselm’s College Annual Gerontology Conference, Kennebunkport, ME, September 22, 2006.

“Ethical Challenges in the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying,” Seldon Graham Memorial Lectureship, Longview TX, September 19, 2006.

“Ethical Dilemmas are Everyone’s Business (General Session)” and “What to Do with a Family [or Attending!] Who Won’t Consider Palliative Goals (Concurrent Session),” Contemporary Forums Conference on Controversies in Cancer Care, Las Vegas, NV, September 15-16, 2006.

Ethics Case Consulation. Hospice of the Valley, Phoenix, AZ, June 29, 2006.

“Ethics at the Bedside: An Interactive Workshop to Address Common Ethical Challenges,” Southwest Health Professions Education Center, Phoenix, AZ, June 28, 2006.

“Individual and Organizational Integrity,” General Session. Ethics in the Web of Life Conference. Neumann College, Aston, PA, June 17, 2006.

“Clinical Ethics,” PostConference Workshop. Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Washington, DC, June 11, 2006

“Excellence without Ethics: Who Are We Kidding?” Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Nursing Grand Rounds. Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 2006.

“Ethics: The Learner and Contemporary Health Care Issues,” General Session, St. Anselm’s College, Nurse Educator Conference 2006. New Castle, NH, May 20-23, 2006.

“Excellence without Ethics: Who Are We Kidding?” Presentation for Nurses Week. Consultation with Ethics Committee: Futile Treatment: Mediating Conflict. Columbus Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, May19, 2006.

“Moral Integrity in the Leadership of Catholic Healthcare Institutions: An Examination of Corporate Conscience,” General Session. Catholic Healthcare Administrative Personnel Program (C.H.A.P. Program). New York, NY, May 15, 2006.

“Religion, Ethics and Conflict in Health Care,” Keynote Address. Medical Ethics Network of Michigan Annual Conference. Novi, MI, May 12, 2006.

“Ethics at the Bedside,” Presentation for Hearst Scholars. Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, May 3, 2006.

“Finitude, Suffering and Hope: What ‘Wisdom and Witness’ Do We Have to Offer a Despairing World?” Guest Lecture, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, April 25, 2006.

“Spiritual Care,” University of Vermont College of Medicine Templeton Lecture. Balancing Self Care and Care for Others, Nursing Grand Rounds, Maine Medical Center, Ethical Leadership and Institutional Integrity, Retreat for Members of Ethics Committee, Maine Medical Center, Burlington, VT, April, 19-21, 2006.

“How Ethically ‘Buff’ Are You and Why Does It Matter?” Keynote. New Jersey Annual Nursing Convention. Atlantic City, NJ, March 30, 2006.

“Ethics and Legal: The Interface,” MedStar Legal Retreat. Columbia, MD, March 29, 2006.

“Lessons from Schiavo,” Adult Education Lecture. Holy Trinity Parish, Washington, DC, March 5, 2006.

“The Medical Team: Professionalism at the Bedside,” Medical Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, March 1, 2006.

“Old and New Challenges for Ethical Leadership,” General Session, Avila Institute Leadership Conference, Germantown, NY, February 15, 2006.

“Excellence without Ethics, Who are You Kidding?” Grand Rounds. VCU Medical Center Institute for Innovative Nursing Practice, Richmond, VA, February 8-9, 2006.

“Healing Presence: Creating a Culture that Promotes Spiritual Care,” General Session, Recovering Our Traditions II: Journey Toward Excellence. Supportive Care of the Dying Conference. San Antonio, TX, January 28, 2006.

“Lo Splendore della Vita: Vangelo, Scienza ed Etica,” Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican, ROME, November 17-19, 2005.

“Evangelium Vitae: An analysis of the American Response” and “Ethics and Palliative Care.” St. Camillus University, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 23-24) and Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Buenos Aries, ARGENTINA, September 26.

“Organizational Integrity: Why it Matters for Case Managers,” General Session, Contemporary Forum’s Annual Conference for Case Managers, Washington, DC, September 14, 2005.

“Excellence without Ethics: Who Are We Kidding?” Plenary, and “Good Dying: Challenges for Geriatric Nurses,” 11^th Annual Conference for Gerontological Nursing, Kennebunkport, ME, September 16, 2005.

“Facilitating Ethical Reflection on Emerging Technologies,” Presentation at the XIXth European Confernece on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Barcelona, SPAIN, August 24-27, 2005.

“Ethics at the Bedside: An interactive workshop to address common ethical challenges,” Prescott Resort Conference Center, Prescott, AZ, August 5, 2005.

“Parish Nursing with Integrity: Celebrating the Call to be a Healing Presence.” Sixth Annual Conference for Parish Nursing and Health Ministry, St, Anselm College, Manchester, NH, June 21, 2005.

“Nursing in the New Millennium,” Vittorio Veneto, ITALY, June 11, 2005.

“Pain and Suffering: An anthropological approach,” Vittorio Veneto, ITALY. June 10, 2005.

“Clinical Bioethics Symposium” and “Organizational Ethics Symposium,” Preconference Workshops, 31^st Intensive Bioethics Course, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 7, 2005.

“Optimizing Care for the Seriously Ill and Dying,” Workshop for Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, MA, May 17, 2005.

“Excellence and Ethical Reflection: The Seeds of Change,” Keynote presentation, 2005 Convention, Catholic Health Association of Canada, London, Ontario, CANADA, May 15, 2005.

“Ethics and Modern Medicine: New and Recurrent Challenges,” 66^th Annual Theodor Lang May Day, St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL, May 12, 2005. St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL, May 12, 2005.

“Genetic Testing: What’s at stake? Who decides?” Center for Nursing Excellence, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, April 27, 2005.

“Helping Others Understand the Goals of Bedside Ethics Consultation,” HEAL: Healthcare ethics and law institute 2005 Conference, The Pellegrino Medal Awardee, Samford University, Birminghan, AL, April 15, 2005.

“Ethics in Critical Care,” Orientation for Georgetown University Critical Care Nurses, Washington, DC, March 30, 2005.

“The Morality Internal to the Practice of Nursing,” Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Gwynedd Mercy University, March 29, 2005.

“Celebrating the Art of Healing: The Ethics of Caring.” Center for Nursing and Allied Health Dedication Ceremony. Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, March 20, 2005.

HIV/AIDs: The Ethics of Privacy. Presentation at the Georgetown University Hospital Conference, Washington, DC, March 16, 2005.

Clinical Ethics Day, Presentations, Grand Rounds, Town Hall Meetings, and Meeting with Ethics Committee, Yale New Haven Health System, Hartford, CT, March 14, 2005.

“Celebrating the Art of Healing: The Ethics of Caring.” Center for Nursing and Allied Health Dedication Ceremony. Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, March 20, 2005.

“Healing Health Care,” Presentation for the John Carroll Society’s Fourteenth Annual Rose Mass, Bethesda, MD, March 6, 2005.

“Spiritual Care for the Seriously Ill and Dying,” Presentation, St. Anselm Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, March 1, 2005.

Presentation for the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought Lecture Series, Life, Suffering, Healing, Death: Catholic Perspectives. Charlottesville, VA, March 1, 2005.

“Catholic Social Teaching and Organizational Ethics,” Bon Secours AudioConference, February 14, 2005.

“Gospel Care and Compassion” and “Ethical Challenges in the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying: Interdisciplinary Challenges,” Workshops, Peoria, IL and Rockford, IL, December 2-3, 2004.

Annual Management Conference and Exhibition of the New York State Association of Health Care Providers, NY, October 14, 2004.

Panel Presentation, 2004 National Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutes (NATRI) Conference, Arlington, VA, November 12, 2004.

“The What and Why of a Theological Anthropology for Bioethics: A Practical Answer,” Presentation, Center for Clinical Bioethics Colloquium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, November 5-6, 2004.

“Excellence without Ethics, Who Are You Kidding?” Keynote, 2004 Convention of the New York State Nurses Association, Saratoga, NY, October 21, 2004.

“Designer Babies,” Keynote, Nursing Spectrum Expo, New York, NY, October 21, 2004.

Kenote, National Conference of VA Catholic Chaplains. October 20, 2004

Faculty for Nursing Spectrum Deluxe Pan-European Study Tour. Budapest, HUNGARY, Vienna, AUSTRIA, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, Munich, GERMANY, September 27- October 10, 2004.

“Morality Internal to the Practice of Nursing,” Keynote, Inauguration of the Spalding University College of Health and Natural Sciences School of Nursing’s Center for the Study of Human Dignity, Ethics and Caring in Nursing, Lousiville, KY, September 24, 2004.

“Excellence without Ethics, Who Are You Kidding,” Keynote and “Designer Babies,” Presentation, Nursing Spectrum EXPO, Baltimore, MD, September 22, 2004.

“Ethical Dilemmas in Cancer Care,” General Session and “Professional Care and Compassion Begins at Home,” Concurrent Presentation, Contemporary Forums 17^th Annual Oncology, Clinical Issues and Trends Conference, Jersey City, NJ, September 13-15, 2004.

"Ethical Challenges in the Care of Seriously Ill and Dying" and "Excellence without Ethics...Who Are We Kidding!" Presentations, Ethics Conference, Safford, AZ, September 2, 2004.

“Ethical Challenges in the Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying. Recovering our Traditions… A Catholic Perspective on End-of-Life Care,” “What is Enough? A Discussion about Futile Treatment,” Presentations, Lafayette, LA Community Coalition on End-of-Life Care, Lafayette, LA, August 18, 2004.

“Hope and Aging… Are there Grounds for Hope when Cure Isn’t an Option?” Presentation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s A Fuller Sense of Healing Conference, Lebanon, New Hampshire, August 8, 2004.

“Ethical Competence for End-of-Life Care,” Nursing Grand Rounds, Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD, August 12, 2004.

“Meeting the Ethical Challenges in Nursing Education, Research and Practice: Same commitment to patients but new responsibilities.” Plenary Presentation at the 14^th Japanese Academy of Nursing Education, Yamagata Prefecture, JAPAN, July 24-25, 2004.

“Clinical Ethics,” and “Organizational Ethics,” two, three hour, preconference workshops, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Annual Summer Intensive Course in Bioethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 8, 2004.

“Care of the Seriously Ill and Dying: Ethical and Legal Challenges,” Presentation, Palliative Care Nursing Education Program, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, June 3, 2004.

“Practical Ethics,” Daylong Workshop, Capital Hospice Institute for Education and Leadership, Fairfax VA, June 4, 2004.

Presentation, Georgetown University Center for Clinical Bioethics’ Ethics and Aging Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, June 19, 2004.

“Celebrating the Art of Healing: Nursing Challenges in Today’s World,” “ Excellence and Ethical Leadership: How Ethically “Fit” Are Your Nurses and Units?”, three hour workship, “Called to Care: An Affirmation of SJGHC’s Nurses,” Oration, St. John of God’s Health System. Program repeated in four hospitals near Perth (Murdoch and Subiaco) and Melbourne (Geelong and Ballarat), AUSTRALIA, May 11-14, 2004.

“Responding to the Challenges of the Suffering Elderly: A North American Perspective,” Presentation, Acceptance of the Suffering Elderly Conference, Veneto, ITALY, May 8, 2004.

“Contract or Covenant: Ethical Challenges in OB-GYN,” Lecture, OB-GYN Residents Day, Baltimore, MD, April 30, 2004.

Keynote, Concurrent Session, Albany, NY, April 26, 2004.

“Ethics, Integrity, and Everyday Decisionmaking,” Keynonte, Rutgers University Sigma, Theta, Tau Induction, April 22, 2004.

Center for Clinical Bioethics 10^th Annual Faith, Ethics, Health Care Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, April 21, 2004.

“Ethics and Genetics,” Mayo Clinic Alum, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, April 16, 2004.

Baton Rouge, LA, April 15, 2004.

Moral Agency and Critical Care, Lecture for Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Students, Georgetown University School of Nursing, Washington, DC, April 13, 2004.

Workshop for Nurse Managers, Schervier Nursing Home, Bronx, NY, April 3, 2004.

Ethics Retreat, Bon Secours Health System, Richmond, VA, April 1, 2004.

“Ethics of Caring,” Keynote and Concurrent Session, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, March 26, 2004.

“Gospel Care and Compassion,” Presentation, Rose Mass, Diocese of Detroit, Detroit, MI, March 21, 2004.

“Ethics and Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” Lecture, Georgetown University Board of Regents, Washington, DC, February 28, 2004.

“Gospel Care and Compassion,” Lenten Series Lecture, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, February 26, 2004.

“Solidarity and Health Care Reform,” Presentation, Third Annual Human Dignity and Health Science Conference, Integritas Institutue, Chicago, IL, February 23, 2004.

“Process-based Medical Decisionmaking: Balancing Patient/family Rights, Professional Integrity, and Societal Interests.” Inaugural Seminar, Pediatric Ethics Interest Group, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA, February 18, 2004.

Pulmonary/Critical Care Ethics Rounds, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, February 18, 2004.

“Excellence without Ethics? Who Are You Kidding?” General Session and “Tough Clinical Decisions: Who Decides? Using What Criteria?” Concurrent Session, Contemporary Forums, Leadership Excellence, Challenges in Neonatal, Obstetric & Pediatric Nursing Management Conference, Lake Las Vegas, NV, February 12-13, 2004.

“Bioethics at the End of Life/Medical Futility,” Presentation, 3^rd Annual Palliative Care Conference. St. Joseph’s Hospital Palliative Care Initiative. Phoenix, AZ, February 5, 2004.

Facilitator: Invitation Ethics Forum (Invited chairs and representatives from hospital and skilled nursing facilities throughout Arizona). Phoenix, AZ, February 6, 2004.

Training for Hospice of the Valley Ethics Committee, Phoenix, AZ, February 5, 2004.

Cobre Valley Community Hospital, Globe, AZ, February 5, 2004.

“Is there a role for “high tech” interventions in end-of-life care?” Four Hour Preconference Interdisciplinary Workshop. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2004 Annual Assembly. Phoenix, AZ January 21, 2004. e

“Thy Will Be Done,” Reflection, Serra Club, Washington, DC, January 15, 2004.

Genetic Testing: What’s at Stake? Who Decides? A Special Look at Clinical and Ethical Challenges for Catholic Health Care,” Presentation, Providence Health System’s Genetics in Catholic Health Care Conference, Portland, WA, December 12, 2003.

Excellence Without Ethics? Who Are We Kidding?” Workshop, Northwestern State University, Shreveport, LA, December, 5, 2003.

“Nursing Excellence without Ethics? Who Are We Kidding?” New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging 20^th Anniversary Conference, Sagamore Hotel, Lake George, NY, November 21, 2003.

“Tough Decisions at the Beginning of LIfe,” Videoconference for Pontificia Universidad Catolica ARGENTINA, Washington, DC, November 19, 2004.

“Quality Care Without Ethical Competence, Who Are We Kidding?” Featured Speaker, and “Living Well Until We Die, Concurrent Session, Foundation for Long Term Care’s 2003 Directors of Social Work Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, November 12-14, 2003.

‘Exploring the University’s further engagement in promoting interreligious understanding,” Participant, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, November 11, 2003.

“Ethics at the Bedside in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care,” Presentation, Spotlight on Critical Care, 18^th Annual Conference for Nursing Professionals, GWAC, Greenbelt, MD, November 5, 2003.

Theology on Tap, St. Mary’s Parish, Annapolis, MD, November 4, 2003.

“Hope in Palliative Care,” Closing Plenary, The Hospices of the National Capital Region Annual Human Face of Palliative Care Conference, Fairfax, VA, October 31, 2003.

“Excellence without Ethics: Who Are We Kidding?” Presentations, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC, October 27 and October 30, 2003.

“Experience of Ethical Stress: Impact on Nurses and Social Workers,” Joint presentation, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and Canadian Bioethics Society Joint Meeting, Montreal, QC, CANADA, October 23-26, 2003

“Healthy Shared Decision-making in an Ailing Health Care System,” Lecture, Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies, Bioethics in the 21^st Century: Ethical and Legal Issues, Montgomery County Campus, Shady Grove, MD, October 21, 2003.

“Organizational Ethics and Moral Leadership,” Presentation, Avila Institute of Gerontology Annual Conference, Germantown, NY, October 14, 2003.

“Ethics, Integrity, and Everyday Decisionmaking,” Lecture, Georgetown University Parents’ Weekend Lecture , Series, Washington, DC, October 18, 2003.

“What is Enough? A Discussion about Futile Treatment: and “What to Do when there Isn’t Enough: A Discussion about Rationing Resources,” Presentations and Ethics Rounds in Critical Care Units, Resurrection Health System, Chicago, IL, October 9-10, 2003.

“Ethics, Integrity and Nursing,,” Presentation and Ethics Case Work-Up, Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, October 7, 2003.

Ethical Competence for Critical Care. Orientation Lecture for new critical care nurses. Georgetown University Hospital. Washington, DC, October 2, 2003.

An Ethics-Focused Clinical Case Discussion, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, October 2, 2003.

“The Genetic Revolution, Challenge to the Faith Community,” St. Anne’s Parish, Arlington, VA, September 22, 2003.

“Ethical Issues in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care,” Children’s Hospice International, 15^th World Congress, Alexandria, VA, September 16, 2003.

“Creating a Moral Space and the Competence to Raise and Address Ethical Issues,” Grand Rounds small group ethics consultations with Central Maine Pulmonary Associates, CCS, Long term Care, Kidney Center Staff, ICCU, Behavioral Services, Ethics Committee, and Report to Senior Leadership, Sisters of Charity Health System, Lewiston, ME, September 11-12, 2003.

University of Vilnius Hosts European Society for Philosophy and Medicine, Talk, Lithuanian Womens’ Club, Pottsville, Pa, September 9, 2003.

“Ethics, Moral Agency and Integrity: The Why and How of an Institutional Ethics Program,” Presentation XVIIth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, University Campus, Vilnius, LITHUANIA, August 21-23, 2003.

“Ethics and End-of-Life Decisionmaking,” Radio Interview, Georgetown News, National Public Radio, July 30, 2003, 12 noon.

“Ethics,” Presentation, 7^th Annual Georgetown University Healthcare Leadership Institute, Washington, DC, July 14, 2003.

“When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” Neonatology/Pediatrics Lecture, Washington Hospital Center, July 8, 2003.

Ethical Decisionmaking for the Health Care Professional, Workshop for Nurse Managers, Providence Hospital, Washington, DC, June 25, 2003.

Faith, Health Care Decisions, and Spiritual Care, Annual Health Care Ministry Education Day, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, June 20, 2003.

“Do Ethics Committees have the Moral Authority to Make Difficult Ethical Decisions,” a joint ethics committee symposium sponsored by the UCLA Health Care Ethics Center, Los Angeles, and Noon Ethics Rounds, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, June 11, 2003.

“Organizational Ethics,” Special Topics Presentation, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Intensive Bioethics Course, Georgetown University, June 6, 2003.

“Pediatric Patients and the Science and Art of Clinical Decisionmaking,” and “Ethics at the Bedside in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care,” Medical Education Programs, St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading, PA, May 29, 2003.

“Organizational Ethics: Balancing the Needs of the Organization and the Needs of Residents,” Presentation, Foundation for Long Term Care and NYAHSA Spring Training Institute and Exhibition, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 22, 2003.

“Mission and Moral Leadership” and “Spirituality and Patient Care: Gospel Narratives” Presentations at the Scranton Diocese 17th Annual Spring Forum, Laflin, PA, May 20, 2003.

“Framing the Dialogue for End-of-Life Care,: Keynote, Virginia Association for Hospices Spring Conference, Roanoke, VA, May 14, 2003.

“Quality Perinatal Care and Ethics,” Presentation, 21^st Annual March of Dimes, CT Chapter and Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Perinatal Nursing Symposium, Farmington, CT, May 13, 2003.

“Excellence Without Ethics? Who Are We Kidding?” General Session 4^th Joint Clinical Conference, Scaling the Peaks of Excellence in Hospice and Palliative Care, Denver, CO, April 11, 2003.

“It’s Not Winning or Losing but How (and Why!) You Play the Game that Counts! An Exploration of Today’s Ethical Challenges,” Presentation, Case Management Society of America New York Trichapter Conference, New York, NY, April 9, 2003.

“Medical Ethical Issues Associated with Critically Ill Newborns,” Invited presentation to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, Washington, DC, March 27, 2003.

“Ethics Workshop,” workshop for physicians, nurses, addictions workers, social workers and mental health counselors serving the homeless, SOME, Washington, DC, March 20, 2003.

“Dignity, Illness and Institutions,” Presentation, 2^nd Annual Conference on Human Dignity and Health Science, Integritas Institute, Chicago, IL, February 23, 2003.

“The Ethics of Care: Implications for Professional Practice” and “The Ethics of Care: A Challenge to Leadership,” Series of presentations, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa tenth Anniversary and Mission Effectiveness Week, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, February 20, 2003.

“Clinical Ethics 101,” Medical Futility,” and “Recurrent Challenges in EOL Care,” Daylong Workshop, Southwest Health Professions Education Center, Prescott, AZ, February 13, 2003.

“Nursing in the 21^st Century, New Challenges, New Code, New Rights!” Nursing Rounds, Georgetown University Hospital, January 27. 2003.

“Care Ethics,” Presentation at Bioethics in Multicultural Space: Locating Values, Translating Lessons Conference Jointly Sponsored by the Hunan Normal University (China), the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the Georgetown University Center for Clinical Bioethics (U.S.), Changsha, CHINA, November 30   December 3, 2002.

“Code of Ethical Standards for Catholic Health and Aged Care Services in Australia: Understanding Organizational Ethics,” Presentation for Catholic Health Australia in Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, November 23, 2002.

“Organizational Integrity and Moral Leadership: The Buck Stops Here!” and “Professional Care and Nursing: Dispensable Luxury or Core Obligation,” Mater Health System Leadership Conference, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, November 20-21, 2002.

“Ethical Decision Making For The Health Care Professional,” Presentation at the Mayo Clinic’s 2002 Annual Nursing Conference, Scotsdale, AZ, November 16, 2002.

“Healing the Brokenness of Today’s Society: Gospel Imperatives for Care in the 21^st Century,” Presentation for Holy Redeemer Health System, Meadowbrook, PA, November 13, 2002.

“Stem Cell Research,” Presentation, Meeting the Challenges of the Changing Faces of Ministry, Pastors and Ministers from the Baltimore and Washington, DC Conferences, Columbia, MD, October 23, 2002.

“Two Critical and Complementary Issues for Academic Medicine: Medical Ethics and the Quality Movement,” Presentation, 23^rd Annual Administrators of Internal Medicine (AIM) Educational Conference: Defining Future Trends in Academic Medicine, Washington, DC, October 22, 2002.

“Good Dying: Challenges for Parish Nurses and Faith Communities,” Presentation at Northwest Parish Ministries (NPNM) annual conference, Portland, OR, October 19, 2002.

“Moral Leadership, Virtue, and Institutional Integrity,” Presentation for Covenant Leadership at Annual Meeting, Westford, MA, October 10, 2002.

“Organizational Ethics: Balancing the Needs of the Organization with the Needs of the Patient,” Presentation at Contemporary Forum’s 7^th annual conference: Case Management along the Continuum, Boston, MA, October 9, 2002.

“Ethics and Aging,” Presentation at Kawaski University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, JAPAN, October 2, 2002.

“Advocacy, The Genetic Revolution, and Nursing,” Presentation at Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN, September 30, 2002.

“Affirming an Ethics of Care: Making a Difference in the Lives of Patients,” Keynote, Annual Conference, Toronto Center for Ethics & Annual Conference Catholic Health Association of Ontario, Toronto, CANADA, September 27, 2002.

“Transformational Leadership in Today’s Market Driven Health Care Environment,” Keynote, and “Care Imperatives for the 21^st Century,” Presentation, Regional Conference, Case Management Society of New England’s (CMSNE) 13^th annual conference, Cape Cod, MA, September 13, 2002.

“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Defining Human Life in an Age of Radical Possibilities,”Annual Conference for Sacred Heart University Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Studies (REAPS), Fairfield, CT, September 10, 2002.

“Psychiatry, Capacity Determinations, and Good and Bad Dying,” An Ethics-Focused Clinical Case Discussion, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, September 5, 2002

“The Reproductive (R)Evolution: Ethical Challenges,” Smart Art III. From Physiology to Clinical Success, Las Vega, NV, August 24, 2002.

“Multi-Professional Teams: Challenges and Opportunities,” Presentation, The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity’s 9^th annual conference on bioethics, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL, July 19, 2002

Bioethics and Genetics, Videoconference for Pontificia Universidad Catolica ARGENTINA, Washington, DC, June 18, 2002.

“Called to be Healers,” Two day retreat for Chaplains and Wives, ACT Retirement Communities, Lanier Village Estates, Gainesville, GA, June 13-14, 2002.

“Transformational Leadership in Today’s Market-driven Health Care Environment,” “Nursing and the Science, Art, and Ethics of Clinical Decisionmaking” “Integrity, Ethics, and Everyday Decisionmaking,” and “Noon Ethics Rounds,” Presentations at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 2002.

“Spirituality and Healing,” Keynote presentation, “Ethics at the Bedside in Advanced Illness and Palliative Care,” Break-out Session, Palliative and Hospice Care: Making a Difference Conference, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA, June 6, 2002.

“The Science, Art and Ethics of Clinical Decisionmaking,” Grand Rounds, “Ethics Integrity and Everyday Decisionmaking,” Interdisciplinary Conference, St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, LA, June 3-4, 2002.

“Moral Leadership in Health Care,” Presentation to Executive Leadership and “The Science, Art and Ethics of Clinical Decisionmaking,” Interdisciplinary Conference, Vista Health System, Waukegan, IL, June 1-2, 2002

“Ethics, Integrity, and Everyday Decisionmaking,” Contemporary Forum’s Annual Conference, The Young Child with Special Needs, Washington, DC, May 22, 2002.

“Obstetrics, Ethics, and Moral Leadership in Today’s Market Driven Health Care Environment,” National Workshops for OB-GYN Residency Program Directors and Senior Residents, Orange County, CA, May 16-19, 2002; Atlanta, GA, April 25-28, 2002; St. Louis, MO, April 13-14, 2002.

“Organizational Ethics as a Means to Organizational Integrity,” Annual Ethics Symposium, Alberta Catholic Health Corporation, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, May 10-12, 2002.

“Stem Cell Research: Implications for a Catholic Health Care Institution,” Symposium at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD, May 7, 2002.

“Ethics, Integrity and Health Care Decisionmaking,” Ethics Conference, Jackson Purchase Health Education Consortium, Paducah, KY, May 3, 2002.

“The Genetic (R)Evoultion: Challenges for Catholic Health Care,” General Session, Catholic Health Care Partners Annual Governance Retreat, Colorado Springs, CO, April 19, 2002.

“Transforming the Culture of Elder Care: A Nonelective Mission,” Workshop for the Eskaton Executive Group, Sacramento, CA, April 18, 2002.

A Reflection on Community, presentation at the Department of Energy Human Subjects Protection Program’s 2002 Community Member Conference, Gaithersburg, MD, April 8-9, 2002

“The Genetic (R)Evolution: Challenges for Catholic Health Care,” Presentation for the Catholic HealthCare Partners annual Governance Retreat, Colorado Springs, CO, April 19, 2002.

“The Ethics of Spiritual Care,” Mayo Medical School Series Featuring Spirituality Topics, “The Care Ethic,” Dinner Speaker for the Mayo Oncology Society, Rochester, MN, April 4, 2002.

“The Genetic (R)Evolution: Challenges for Faith-based Health Care,” The Philip and Doris Clarke Family Medical Ethics Conference Keynote Address, Notre Dame’s 17^th Annual Medical Ethics Conference, Notre Dame, IN, March 22, 2002.

“Ethical Integrity and Managed Care,” Dinner Address at the ASCLS/CLMA Legislative Symposium, Arlington, VA, March 18, 2002.

“Health Care Decisionmaking: The Use and Misuse of Physician Authority,” Grand Rounds in Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, February 28, 2002.

“Ethics, Integrity and Moral Leadership,” Presentation for the Holy Redeemer Senior Management Team, Philadelphia, PA, February 26, 2002.

“You’re wrong, Mom would want...” and “But it’s my life,” presentations at the 2002 Basic Ethics Education Course sponsored by the Mayo Clinical Ethics Council, Rochester, MN, February 20, 2002.

“The Promises and Perils of Genetic Engineering,” Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, February 12, 2002.

“Ethics, Integrity and Moral Leadership,” Cabrini Leadership Retreat, Philadelphia, PA, February 9, 2002.

“The Genetic (R)Evolution: Challenges for Faith-based Health Care,” The 2002 R. Wayne Kraft Memorial Lecture, DeSales University, Allentown, PA, February 6, 2002.

Ethics Forum on End-of-Life Care, “Stem Cell Research: Science and Ethics” and “Medical Futility: Who Decides? What Criteria?” Grand Rounds Presentation, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ, January 24-25, 2002

“A guide for Catholics in Setting Goals for Medical Care” and “Strategies to Integrate Roman Catholic Perspectives on End-of-Life Care into the Practice Environments,” Presentations at Recovering our Traditions... A Catholic Perspective on End-of-Life Care, Tucson, AZ, January 22-24, 2002.

“The Ministry of Governance,” Presentation for the St. Agnes Healthcare Board and Executive Leadership Staff, Baltimore, MD, January 17, 2002.

“New Millennium, New Code, New Responsibilities,” Presentation to Senior MEDSTAR nurses, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, January 9, 2002

“Realizing the Mission: Ethics, Integrity and Governance” Presentation for Board Members and Senior Management Group, Samaritan Hospice, NJ, January 7, 2002.

“Suffering and Psychological Distress at the End of Life: Challenges for Competent and Compassionate Caregivers,” Plenary Address, One Day Institute for Social Workers, Arlington, VA, December 7, 2001.

“Ethical Issues in the Clinical Setting,” Six Presentations, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, ME, November 29-30, 2001.

“The Genetic (R)Evolution,” Panel Presentation, Georgetown’s Blue and Gray Society Retreat,

Phoenix, AZ, November 8-11, 2001.

“Ethics, Integrity and Tough Clinical Decisions,” Presentation for the 2001: the Trauma Care Odyssey Program, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, November 2, 2001.

“Ethics at the Bedside in Palliative Care,” General Presentation, Hospice and Palliative Care of Metropolitan Washington’s 3^rd Annual Conference, Bringing Palliative Care to Life, Fairfax, VA, November 1, 2001.

“Ethics, Everyday Decisionmaking and Integrity,” “The Nonnegotiables of Moral Health Care: Integrity in the Marketplace,” and “Jesus, Healing, and Gospel Care and Compassion,” Presentations for Mercy Community Ethics Consortium, Sioux City, IA, October 31, 2001.

“Spirituality and Healing,” General Session, Contemporary Forum’s Alternative and Complementary Therapies Conference, Washington, DC, October 11, 2001.

“The Genetic (R)Evolution: Challenges for Catholic Health Care,” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, October 4-5, 2001.

“Mission and Moral Leadership,” Workshop for Cabrini Leadership Formation Program, Tarrytown, NY , September 28-29, 2001.

“Balancing Care of Self and Care of Others,” Presentation, Contemporary Forum’s 13^th Annual Advances in Transplantation Conference, Washington, DC, September 27, 2001.

“Healing Health Care,” Keynote, and “Collaborative Health Care Decisionmaking,” and “Spiritual Care: How Competent Are We?” Break-out sessions, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center National Conference, Shrevesport, LA, September 20, 2001.

“Organizational Ethics and Moral Leadership,” Presentations at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Educational Conference, Clear Water Springs, Alabama, September 19, 2001.

“Healing Health Care and the Role of the Chaplain,” Keynote, Annual Chaplaincy Recognition Dinner, Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA, September 11, 2001.

“Advocacy in Today’s Market-Driven Health Care Environment” and “Ethics, Genetics and Nursing,” Presentations at Nursing Spectrum’s Annual Career Fitness Expo, Baltimore, MD, September 8, 2001.

“Ethical Issues in the Long-term Care of Older Persons,” presentation at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity’s Annual Conference, Aging, Health, and the Quest for Immortality, Chicago, IL, July 21, 2001.

“Moral Leadership” Presentation, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, June 29, 2001.

“Integrity and Everyday Decisionmaking” and “Leading Church Organizations: Integrity in the Marketplace,” Plenary Sessions, and “Leading the Ministry in Current Challenges: Health Organizations and Healing Relationships,” Concurrent Session, Catholic Health Organization Australia Annual Conference, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, June 25, 27, 2001.

“Old and New Challenges for Moral Leadership in Today’s Market-driven Health Care Environment,” Mercy Health System 2001 Strategic Planning and Budget Retreat, Philadelphia, PA, June 18, 2001.

“Spirituality and Patient Care: Lessons from the Gospel Narratives.” Presentation. 86^th Catholic Health Assembly, Catholic Health Association. Atlanta, GA, June 10-13, 2001.

“Gospel Care and Compassion.” Retreat for Health Care Professionals, Benedictine Pastoral Center, Bristow, VA, June 8, 2001.

“The Ethics of Stem Cell Research.” NIH Ethics Program. Bethesda, MD, June 4, 2001.

“The Genetic (R)Evolution: Challenges for Catholic Health Care,” One day Workshop for Ministry Health Care, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI, May 23, 2001.

“Ethics, Integrity and Everyday Decisionmaking: We Are What We Repeatedly Do... Yikes!” and “It’s the Patient, Stupid! Reflection and Discussion Exercises.” Keynote presentations for the Health Care Consortium of Georgia’s Annual Conference on Ethics in a House Divided: Connecting Decisionmakers in HealthCare Organizations, Atlanta, GA, May 22, 2001.

Organizational Ethics, Part Two. Workshop. The Washington Home and Hospice of Washington, DC, May 11, 2001.

“Ethics in the New Millennium: Challenges for Institutional Ethics Committees,” Presentation for Catholic Health Care East, Philadelphia, PA, May 10, 2001.

“Ethics Update,” Nursing Grand Rounds, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, May 9, 2001.

“Transforming the Culture of Elder Care: A Nonelective Mission,” keynote, and “Living Well Until We Die: Moral Imperatives for the 21^st Century,” Break-out Session, 40^th Annual Meeting, California Association of Home and Services for the Aging, Lake Tahoe, NV. May 8-9, 2001.

“The New Genetics: Health Care Decisionmaking and Pastoral Care,” Moderator, 7^th Annual Faith, Ethics, and Healthcare Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, May 3, 2001.

“Leadership Ethics,” Plenary session, CORL Network, annual Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada, Banff