End of Life Care in Canada: The Current Landscape

The Chair of Christian Thought presents The Lebel Lectures in Christian Ethics with Eric Wasylenko, MD, MHSc Palliative Care Physician and Practicing Clinical Ethicist This lecture will address the different components of end of life care, describe the broad range of programs and providers, address cost issues for families and health systems, and delve into some of the potential misconceptions surrounding end of life care. We will touch on advance care planning and substitute decision-making. The talk explores some of the medical, sociological, spiritual and humanist notions that provide the foundations for end of life care in Canada and hopefully strengthen understanding of this important part of our lives. First Mennonite Church 2600 Richmond Rd SW, 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 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. He has helped lead the development of a number of end-of-life initiatives and programs in the Calgary area. He has been recognized with both provincial and national awards for his work in palliative care and ethics.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/end-life-care-canada-current-landscape