Chair of Christian Thought lecture on Ethics & Physician Assisted Death
Presented by: University of CalgaryCategory: Other Event
Price: $0
Date: February 2, 2016 – February 2, 2016
Address: 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/
This talk by Eric Wasylenko, MD will focus on some of the ethical issues arising as a result of the Supreme Court of Canada’s February 2015 decision regarding Physician-assisted death. The talk will attempt to situate the practice of medicine – and its current strengths and vulnerabilities – within the path of the sociological change arising from the court’s decision.
Location:
Scotia Bank Milling Area Rozsa Centre University of Calgary
Speaker:
Eric Wasylenko, MD is a palliative care physician and clinical ethicist. He completed his MD at the University of Calgary in 1982, and his MHSc in Bioethics at University of Toronto in 2012. Since 2006 he has been is a clinical lecturer in the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary. Dr. Wasylenko consults to the Health Quality Council of Alberta and to Alberta Health Services and chairs the Public Health Ethics Advisory Committee of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/chair-christian-thought-lecture-ethics-physician-assisted-death