Events

Past Event

Can You Turn My LVAD Off? I Want to Die

February 7, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Online and In-person: Vagelos Education Center (Room 903), Columbia University, 104 Haven Avenue, New York

Event Description 

Patients have a legal right to discontinue life-sustaining treatment, but what if they are suicidal? We will consider the case of a man who attempted to disconnect the power source to his own heart device.

Event Information 

Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please visit the event webpage or contact Katherine Mendis at [email protected]. 

Hosted by the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University.