Ethics and Healthcare Reform Panel, Community Forum Open to Public November 17

Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care hosting free, community healthcare forum
in Edison Park / Chicago.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. and CHICAGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- To focus a much-needed,
objective light on the ethical concerns regarding the national debate on
healthcare reform, the LIFE Institute of Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care
will be hosting a public forum on "Ethics and Healthcare Reform" on Tuesday,
November 17th( )at 7 p.m. at Edison Park Lutheran Church, 6626 N. Oliphant
Ave., Chicago. AP-award-winner and Emmy-nominated Margaret Shortridge, FOX
Chicago's former medical reporter of 10 years, will moderate the panel of four
healthcare experts. The panel includes a nationally recognized palliative care
physician, hospice nurse, reverend and medical ethicist, and end-of-life care
physician.

"While the economic and political impact of the proposed healthcare reforms
are on everyone's minds, the related ethical concerns and impacts need to be
responsibly discussed and better understood," explained Patricia Ahern,
president and CEO of Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care.

The forum will provide all Chicago-area residents an opportunity to listen and
respond to a lively discussion about today's healthcare challenges. Attendees
are invited to engage the panel members / experts from medical and end-of-life
care fields on the ethical and moral impacts of proposed federal legislation.

Panel members currently scheduled to attend include:

-- Dr. Michael Preodor, a nationally recognized palliative care
physician,
professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and
Dean of the Rainbow Hospice LIFE Institute.
-- Angie Konstantaras, a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse with more
than 10 years of hospice experience, and a nine-year veteran of the
ethics committee at Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care.
-- The Rev. Dr. Clint Moore III, a clinical ethicist and director of the
Center for Clinical Ethics at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and
Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital.

-- Dr. Barbe Creagh, a 25-year, end-of-life care veteran and chair of
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care's Ethics Committee.

The event is free and open to the public. No registration is required, and
seating will be handled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you would like more information on this event, or to set up an interview
with one of the healthcare panelists, please contact:
Jeff Okazaki, Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, 847-732-4554,
Jokazaki@rainbowhospice.org or Jason Sherman, SHERMAN communications &
marketing, http://www.shermancm.com 708-445-8598, Jason@shermancm.com

Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care is a nonprofit organization serving
terminally ill patients and their families in Chicago and the six-county
Chicago area. Rainbow Hospice enables individuals and their families to live
with dignity and hope while coping with loss and the end of life. Rainbow
Hospice offers extensive bereavement services, including the Good Mourning
program for bereaved children, teens and their families, a Community Speakers
Bureau, the Rainbow Hospice LIFE Institute for Learning, and Rainbow Hospice
Ark, an inpatient unit. The LIFE Institute is the educational arm of Rainbow
Hospice and Palliative Care, providing professional and community learning
about hospice and end-of-life care. www.RainbowHospice.org.

SOURCE Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care

Jeff Okazaki of Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, +1-847-732-4554,
Jokazaki@rainbowhospice.org; or Jason Sherman of SHERMAN communications &
marketing, +1-708-445-8598, Jason@shermancm.com, for Rainbow Hospice and
Palliative Care