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Medical Assistance in Dying: Expert Panel Discussion
Friday, September 30, 2016
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Wolf Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St., London, ON

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With the controversial assisted-dying Bill C-14 now law, this timely discussion will bring together a cross section of experts from various fields.

This two-part event will begin with a lecture from Dr. Jeff Blackmer, MD'95, Vice President, Medical Professionalism, Canadian Medical Association, who is leading the way through the heavily-debated legislation. Following the lecture a panel discussion and audience question and answer period will be moderated by Carly Weeks, MA'04, Journalist, The Globe and Mail.

Expert panellists include: Dr. Valerie Schulz, Professor and Director, Palliative Medicine, Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine; Reverend Michael Bechard, Director, Campus Ministry, King’s University College; Robert Solomon, LLB, LLM, Distinguished University Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University; and Ingrid Mattson, PhD, London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology, Huron University College.

Register by Friday, September 23.

This is a joint event between Western Law and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, open to all alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members. Please direct any event questions to comms@schulich.uwo.ca.

Please contact Schulich Medicine & Dentistry if you require information in an alternate format, or if any other arrangements can make this event accessible to you.

We are sorry, the deadline for registering for this event online has passed. Please email comms@schulich.uwo.ca if you are still interested in attending. Please leave your name, email, phone number, the name of your guest and specify which event you will be attending.

We are sorry, the deadline for registering for this event online has passed. Please email alumnirsvp@uwo.ca or call 1-800-258-6896 and press 2 if you are still interested in attending. Please leave your name, email, phone number, the name of your guest and specify which event you will be attending.


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