Encounters in Bioethics: Coercion in Mental Health Care - Ethical Issues

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Lakehead University, ATAC Room 6030
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Event Contact Name: 
Loretta Delea
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8126
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Join the Centre for Health Care Ethics for a presentation and discussion session on "Coercion in Mental Health Care: Ethical Issues" at Lakehead University on Wednesday, September 20, from 7-9 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge. This is a free event.

The keynote speaker will be Abraham (Rami) Rudnick, BMedSc, MD, MPsych, PhD, CPRP, FRCPC, CCPE, FCPA, Professor of Psychiatry, NOSM; Chief of Psychiatry and Vice President of Research, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre; and Chief Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute.

Panelists include:

  • Suzanne Allain, MD, FRCP(C), Director, Rehab Unit, St. Joseph's Care Group, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital
  • Pauline Bodnar, MHSA, HBSW, RSW, Integrated Case Management Facilitator, TBRHSC
  • Samer Khalil, MD ChB, CCT (Psychiatry, UK), SJCG
  • Nadia Bottoset, Case Manager - Adult Mental Health, TBRHSC

There will be an abbreviated session on Thursday, September 21, from 12 - 1 p.m. in ATAC 6030. Please note that not all panelists will participate in this sessions.