TCPCN Lunch 'n Learns

"Homelessness & Palliative Care"

Date: Thursday September 23, 2010

Time: 1:00 - 2:00PM

Location: St. Michael's Hospital - Paul Marshall Lecture Theatre

& Webinar

Refreshments Provided

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present a session that will focus on the issues and challenges of homelessness and hospice palliative care within the city of Toronto. Dr. Stephen Hwang, Research Scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital, will speak to the palliative care concerns of people who are homeless or vulnerably housed and suggestions and ideas on what needs to be done for this population.

This session is open to the entire network, their staff, board members, partners, and friends.We welcome and encourage all to come!

Speaker

Dr. Stephen Hwang

Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital

Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital

Associate Professor, HPME, University of Toronto

Please register at:

OR contact support@tpcn.ca

• You will be given a webinar link upon registration. Please disregard this should you choose to attend in person.

Speaker Biographies

Dr. Stephen Hwang

Stephen, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine and Research Scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital, focuses his clinical and research activities on the health of homeless people. His current research projects include a study of "Health Care Utilization among Homeless People," funded by CIHR and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; "Attitudes of Medical Trainees Towards Homeless Persons Presenting for Care in the Emergency Department," funded by the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation, and an "Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant in Homelessness, Housing, and Health," funded by CIHR.

Documents & Handouts

To download Dr. Hwang's presentation slides (in pdf), please click here

Click on the link below to view a video recording of our session. (Best viewed in Internet Explorer)

Homelessness & Palliative Care - Dr. Stephen Hwang

https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/communique/view

Recording ID: ZDDKQ2

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