12:30 Call to order President Darwin Brewster in the Country Club of Lansing

 

12:35 Invocation James McGillicuddy

 

12:37 Patriotic song John Dale Smith accompaniment

 

12:40 Introduction of guests and visiting Rotarians Hari Kern

 

12:49 Club Health Report Patricia Munshaw – No reported issues except the declining health of Judge Michael Harrison, now deceased, who was at the St. Lawrence Hospice Center. RIP Mike.

 

12:51 Announcements President Brewster – Upcoming member survey to be sent out via email Monday, May 21. An updated fact sheet, paper or email, resulting from thereto may be requested from Cathy.

 

12:55 Special Music Kenneth Beachler and John Dale Smith – Featured pretty blond alto Katherine Mulcahy currently wrapping up rehearsal for her role in “Spam-a-lot” (yep Monty Python) at the River Walk Theater opening June 7 and scheduled for a two week run. Rotary Club of Lansing is underwriting a portion to allow for a larger orchestra. And it’s a good thing since when she sang “I have nothing to do” from act 2 anything less than the Lansing Symphony Orchestra would be drowned out by her remarkable purity and volume. We were then treated to showcase the soft melodious “astonishing” from “little Women” to feature the vocal range and talent.

 

1:05 Introduction of speaker Michelle Reynaert, chair of the day, for Mark Hooper, chair of the month. She humorously introduced Douglas A. Edema MD, Assistant Director Medical Services of Sparrow Hospital for the last 5 years who spoke to us of “medical ethics – practical implications”. Assuring us he was not an academic ethicist he shared his insights from his experience as manager, practitioner, and his research into the subject. Tom Percival’s code of medical ethics (1803) adopted by the AMA, currently modernized 2016 to include universal access to medical care, was his foundation. Since medicine is an arcane subject that takes years of training physicians are guided to maintain current knowledge, foster trust, do no harm and provide relationship centered care when possible. His monolog was seasoned with his experience as a family physician explaining the conflict between patient expectations and the law (which trumps ethics). Most interesting in that regard was the current television v. doctor dilemma where a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. A very interesting half hour indeed. He told us what we wanted to hear. You can’t go wrong doing that.

 

 No meeting next week and the following we will be back at the Country Club of Lansing for another facinoma.

 

Jim McGillicuddy's email is:  sjmcgillicuddy@comcast.net