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Caduceus Meeting for Recovering Health Care Professionals
continued from page 28 • Masks have long been used in the delivery of health care services in hospitals and other health care settings, especially in the operating room. o House Bill 4471 would instead allow unmasked and unvaccinated individuals to regularly come in close contact with patients, many of whom are critically ill. • This legislation would ignore hundreds of years of infection control research and severely hinder the ability of employers to protect the health and wellness of their employees and their customers. • There have been no efforts at the state-level in Michigan to implement government-backed COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Further, the Governor has already stated that she does not have plans to implement any such policy.
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The House Workforce, Trades and Talent Committee recently held a hearing on House Bill 4471 in which MSMS submitted a card of opposition to the bill. Also opposing the bill were the following organizations: • Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics • Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce • Michigan Chamber of Commerce • Michigan Association of School Boards • Michigan Health and Hospital Association • Michigan Bankers Association To be continued in the November 2021 Bulletin
Third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church 454 7th Street, Freeland, Michigan
(Behind Pat’s Grocery Store on Midland Road in Freeland) Caduceus meetings are available to health care industry professionals, and have adopted many of the principles of 12-Step programs. Caduceus meetings are “closed” meetings for recovering health care professionals including, but not limited to, nurses, doctors, dentists and pharmacists. We engage in group discussions where members may want to speak up, ask questions or share thoughts with fellow members.
25th Annual Conference on Bioethics*
Saturday, November 13 (Hybrid/Virtual and In-person) Sheraton Ann Arbor 8:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Approved for 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Doctor Mark Navin will present on Governing Vaccination by
Harming the Innocent? Protecting the Interests and Rights
of Unvaccinated Children, at the MSMS Foundation’s 25th Annual Conference on Bioethics.
Mark Navin, PhD, HEC-C, is a Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Oakland University, Lecturer in the Department of Foundational Medical Studies at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and Clinical Ethicist at Beaumont. Doctor Navin’s research is primarily in clinical ethics and ethics in public health and includes empirical work in both areas. His monograph, Values and Vaccine Refusal: Hard Questions in Ethics, Epistemology and Health Care, was published by Routledge in 2016. His current projects include a book about vaccine mandates with Katie Attwell (America’s Vaccine Wars: California and the Politics of Mandates, under contract with Oxford University Press). He also co-chairs Beaumont Hospital’s Ethical Allocation Committee for COVID-19 vaccines and serves on Oakland University’s Student Success Committee and the Vaccine Exemption Committee. Other presentations include: • How did we get here? A Brief History of Racism and Bias in Medicine • Racism and its Impact on Health • Global Health with a Women’s Health Lens • The Hazard of Diluted Bioethics in the Ongoing Flint Water Crisis: A Residents View
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE.
Statement of Accreditation:
The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
*AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The MSMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
