Death Panels In Hawaii?

Death Panels in Hawaii Who decides who lives and who dies?
University of Hawaii Elder Law Program (UHELP) is sponsoring a panel discussion on the legal, ethical, moral, religious, philosophical and health care issues patients and their families and health care providers face when discussing and making end of life decisions.
A panel consisting of a doctor, a member of the clergy, a lawyer, and an advocate to help improve care at the end of life. All panelists have served on hospital ethics committees.
Topics will include:
- "Death Panels"
- End of Life Counseling
- Ethics Committees
- Futility; Rationing
- Palliative Care/Hospice
- Informed Consent/Refusal
- Advanced Health Care Directives
- Rapid Identification Documents: Comfort Care Only-DNR
- Physician Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)