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Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues

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Full Title: Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues Speaker: Dr. Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FRCP (Edin) Emeritus Professor and Member Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto Abstract The seminar will Using a case based approach, review the challenges in late stage dementia- the clinical issues and ethical components for […]

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An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for PWIDD

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Full Title: An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PWIDD) Speaker: Mr. Bob Parke Abstract The seminar will highlight the history of our project to improve palliative care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The presentation acknowledges the trauma history that survivors of institutionalization present when needing health care. […]

What Should We Do with Coerced People?

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Full Title: What Should We Do with Coerced People? Speaker: Eric Mathison (PhD) Assistant Professor University of Toronto Scarborough Abstract What should happen if a patient with full decision-making capacity is coerced? It’s widely accepted that voluntariness is required for informed consent, and voluntariness is thwarted when a patient is coerced. In this talk, I […]

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