WiHPCA Webinar: The Ethics and History of Advance Care Planning

Dive into the ethics and history of modern advance care planning in the United States. This session will review pivotal court cases and ethical principles, relating both to hospice and palliative clinical practice. This session learning objectives include describing the impact one landmark case had on current advance directoves and listing two common ethical concerns in end of life care.

Meet Our Presenter:

Danielle DiGennaro is an adult nurse practitioner, has a robust background in hospice and palliative nursing, progressive leadership and extensive clinical experience. Danielle was initially exposed to end-of-life care while working in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant at Duke University Medical Center. During a cross country move, Danielle landed at Sutter Health in northern CA, where she helped launch a new outpatient palliative care site, which was part of a mature department. Another move brought Danielle to Haven Medical Group in Gainesvile, FL where she initially led one of the hospice home territories and 16-bed care center and ultimately started both community and inpatient palliative care services for the large rural non-profit hospice. What is hoped to be a final move, brought Danielle to the midwest, where she led a large, mature, community hospice-led palliative care program. Danielle most recently transitioned to the University of Wisconsin Madison Palliative Care Dept, working on expansion of the dept to a large community hospital. Danielle is also active in HPNA and NHPCO where she serves on the Palliative Care Council.