SPEAKER CHANGE
RMA Meeting: Friday, MAY 9, 2025 10:00 AM;
SPEAKER INTRODUCTION BY: TBA
TOPIC –“End of Life & Dying Well”
Speaker –Harold A. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D
Death is universal for all life forms, but it has proven to be a complex concept. The concept of death has been viewed differently in other times, other parts of the world and by different religions. The last decade or so has seen an increased interest in the topic. The greater role of abortion in American life has led to an increased interest in when life begins, while organ transplantation and the technologic ability to prolong dying have led to increased interest in when life ends, how the end of life should be managed and the importance of personal wishes.
What documents relating to the end of your life should you consider? How do they differ and why are they important? What about “death with dignity?” How have philosophers and ethicists viewed this question? What legal actions have been taken, including “Physician Assisted Dying,” in the United State, in other countries, and in Massachusetts?
SPEAKER BIO:
Harold A. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D
Harold A. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D is a neurosurgeon. For 20 years he was Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of the neurotrauma program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, during which time he held joint professorships in surgery and in neuroscience. After taking partial retirement, for five years he was Chief of Neurosurgery at Newton Wellesley Hospital as a member of the MGH staff. He retired from active neurosurgical operative practice and spent 13 years in a consulting practice at MGH. In his career he encountered many instances when patients and families endured pain and suffering during a prolonged and inexorable approach of death. He is currently a resident at Fox Hill Village
Starts 9:45 for coffee/socializing at the First Baptist Church of Sudbury, 162 Landham Rd, Sudbury, MA
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