About the Vermont Ethics Network

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Board of Directors

Cathy Frank,Chair
Kevin Veller,Vice Chair
Louise Rauh, Sec./Treasurer

Debby Bergh
Dick Brandenburg, PhD
Anne Cramer, Esq.
Judy Cohen, RN PS
Betsy Davis, RN, MPH
Roger Foster, Jr. MD
Bea Grause, RD, JD
Marilyn Hart, MD
John Kern
Susan Marihugh-Jantos
Daria V. Mason
Denise Niemira, MD

Honorary Board:
James L. Bernat, MD
Michelle Champoux, ACSW
Arnold Golodetz, MD
Jean Mallary, RN
Margaret Trautz

Staff
John Campbell, Exe.Director
Jim Mullally, Staff Assistant
Contact Information

89 Main Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620-3601
Tel: 802 828-2909
Fax: 802 828-2949
Click ethics@vtethicsnetwork.org

Mission
To increase understanding of ethical issues, values and choices in health and health care.
Goals
  • To provide education for individuals, care givers, volunteers, policy makers and communitities throughout Vermont about ethical issues in health and health care;
  • Empower patients, families, and health professionals to join in constructive dialogue and shared decision making about health values and choices;
  • Engage policy makers and their constituencies in examining ethical issues embedded in the utilization of health care resources and pursuing an ethically just system of health care for all.

 
What VEN Does
  • Provides literature, videos and workshops to help people in Vermont understand and use legal health care documents, called advance directives (the "Living Will" and the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care)
  • Conducts "town meetings" discussions on ethical issues in health care policy and reform ( the Vermont Health Decisions project, Neighbor to Neighbor project)
  • Facilitates local forums concerning end-of-life care ( Journey's End:Vermont Voices on Death and Dying)
  • Consults with and trains community-based ethics groups
  • Provides staff training and policy-development assistance to health care organizations
  • Presents public symposia and other educational programs
  • Publishes a quarterly newsletter
  • Maintains a speakers' bureau


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64 Main Street, Room 25, Montpelier, VT 05602
Tel: 802 828-2909, Fax: (802) 828-2949, E-mail: ethics@vtethicsnetwork.org