‘Choosing Wisely’
OLD TOWN — When should you use antibiotics? Should a woman in her 60s have yearly mammograms, a Pap smear, a biyearly bone density scan? What about a colonoscopy every five or 10 years?
“Choosing Wisely,” a toolbox from the American Board of Internal Medicine, leading medical specialist societies, and Consumer Reports, will help health care consumers ask the right questions and make informed decisions. The event will take place 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Old Town Public Library. Admission is free.
Attendees will leave the session with five key questions, printed on a wallet-sized card, to carry with them so that they can question their doctors appropriately before undergoing any test, procedure or treatment.
For information or to register, call 827-3972.
End of life discussion
ORONO — The public is invited to hear a free presentation by Bill Jose on “Hard Choices for
Loving People” at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at the Dirigo Pines Inn. The program is about coming to terms with death.
Those who attend the program will be given a copy of “Hard Choices for Loving People” by Hank Dunn.
Bill Jose holds a doctoral degree in social psychology from Stanford University and a post-retirement bachelor’s degree in sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art. He recently completed a certificate in clinical ethics at the Center for Practical Bioethics. He teaches a course on end of life decisions at the University of Southern Maine. He has volunteered at Maine Medical Center and the Hospice of Southern Maine.