events

Reducing Non-Beneficial Treatments at the End of Life

September 22, 2022

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Virtual

contact

Angelique Kosempa

event sponsored by

Division of Geriatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke-NUS Medical School, Duke Palliative Care, and School of Medicine (SOM)

series

Population Health External Speaker Series

speaker

Nicholas Graves, PhD, Deputy Director, Health Services and Systems Research at Duke-NUS and the SingHealth Duke-NUS Health Services Research Institute

In this virtual seminar, Professor Graves will discuss: • Despite advances in medicine that have helped clinicians save lives and lengthen the time to death, some treatments have little chance of conferring meaningful benefits to patients. • These treatments that are often referred to as 'futile' (although this is a value-laden and contested term); more recently they are referred to as 'potentially inappropriate' or 'non-beneficial.' • Evidence that shows, for various reasons, doctors provide treatments they perceive as non-beneficial. • These treatments that may be costly to health services and cause distress to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. • The INTERACT trial underway in three tertiary referral hospitals with the aim of reducing non-beneficial treatments. ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Professor. Graves' areas of expertise are health economics, health services research, decision-making, and cost-effectiveness. He enjoys projects that reveal how health services can be improved at low cost or with cost savings. When: Thursday, September 22, 3:30 - 4:30 PM Where: https://duke.zoom.us/j/91434281342#success Meeting ID: 914 3428 1342 Dial: US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 646 931 3860 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 309 205 3325 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 386 347 5053 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 564 217 2000 or +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 719 359 4580 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 International numbers https://duke.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=OTE0MzQyODEzNDI.FRO780IZQi0Ah9qM3… Join from an H.323/SIP room system H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 149.137.68.253 (Mexico) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka)