Anatomy of a Crisis: Law & Policy Responses to SARS

Tuesday 6 May, 2003 – 9am until 12 noon
Flavelle House, 84 Queens Park Crescent, University of Toronto

Program

Each presenter also prepared an 800-word article based on their presentation.  The articles can be read by clicking the notice beside each title.

9:00 – 9:05WELCOME from the Health Law Group – Colleen Flood
9:05 – 9:20Michael Trebilcock and Greig Hinds
SARS and Risk Perceptions (Read the article)
9:20 – 9:35Ed Iacobucci and  Michael Trebilcock
SARS and State Compensation (Read the article)
9:35 – 9:50Tom Archibald
SARS in the Workplace: Ethical and Legal Consideration (Read the article)
9:50 – 10:05DISCUSSION (moderated by Sujit Choudhry)
10:05 – 10:20Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:35Colleen Flood
Now is the Time for Public Health Reform (Read the article)
10:35 – 10:50Trudo Lemmens
SARS and Our Moral Obligation to Support Global Health Research and Assistance (Read the article)
10:50 – 11:05DISCUSSION (moderated by Sujit Choudhry)
11:05 – 11:20Bernard Dickens
Patients’ Care and Public Health: Are the Rules the Same? (Read the article)
11:30 – 11:35Kent Roach
SARS and September 11 (Read the article)
11:35 – 11:50DISCUSSION (moderated by Sujit Choudhry)
11:50 – 12:00CONCLUDING COMMENTS from the Panel and Moderator

 

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