Encounters in Bioethics: Care for Injured Workers - Ethical Issues

Event Date: 
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
St. Joseph's Heritage, Georgian Room, 63 Carrie Street, Thunder Bay, ON
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Event Contact Name: 
Loretta Delea
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8126
Event Contact E-mail: 
chce@lakeheadu.ca
Event Contact Web: 
http://bioethics.lakeheadu.ca

Join the Centre for Health Care Ethics for a presentation and discussion session on "Care for Injured Workers: Ethical Issues."

- Do injured workers have fair access to health care?

- Is the medical advice given to injured workers respected?

- Are injured workers directed back to their jobs only when it is safe to do so?

- Is there an effective injury prevention program in Ontario?

Keynote Speaker: Steve Mantis, Chair, Research Committee, Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups

Panel: Vicki Kristman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University; Associate Scientist, Institute for Work & Health Janet Paterson Mathew Shaw, OT Reg (ONT)/CHT, Hand & Upper Limb Clinic Facilitator: Kristen Jones-Bonofiglio, PhD, RN, Director, Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics

Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Time: 7-9 pm

Venue: St. Joseph's Heritage, Georgian Room, 63 Carrie Street, Thunder Bay

Everyone is welcome. Free Admission. There will be an abbreviated session on Thursday, November 23, from 12 - 1 pm at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Regional Cancer Care Room 2171.


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