Event Date(s): Sat, 2025/02/15 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Event Location: Tyndale University: Kimmerle Hall OR Online - Zoom
Event Type: Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss
Event Location: Tyndale University: Kimmerle Hall OR Online - Zoom
Event Type: Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss
An overview of current ethical concerns, including a lack of governance (differences between reporting and monitoring); the clash between individual autonomy (freedom to choose how to die) and vulnerability (disability, poverty, and mental illness); lowered access to other kinds of care (palliative care, home care, and social supports); impact on families and loved ones; and faith-based concerns.
Dr. Patterson is a Christian ethicist at the Salvation Army Ethics Centre, adjunct faculty at Booth University and lecturer at Tyndale. Her Ph.D. thesis from McGill University was on the ethics of care at the end of life. As one who suffers with the unexpected diagnosis of a brain tumor, she wrote the book “Suffering Well and Suffering With”.
Single Day Rates
- In-Person: $80
- Online: $60
- Tickets go on sale: November 11, 2024 at 10 am
- Sale ends: February 7, 2025 at 8 pm
With a continental breakfast from 8:30am to 9:00am for those attending in-person