Événements 2017 HCALM International Conference Language and Health – Ethical and Policy Issues (with special focus on consent)
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Date
September 28th-30th
Location
Hôtel de l'ITHQ (Montréal)
Description
The HCALM network will hold its 2017 annual conference on the topic of ‘language and health – ethical and policy issues’ in September 28-30. Language and health are interrelated in myriad ways, ranging from issues of physical and mental healthcare provision in multilingual societies, to health literacy and communication among patients, practitioners and policymakers, and to discourses of health and wellbeing. In accordance with the strong interdisciplinary nature of HCALM’s community of researchers, the conference brings together theories, frameworks, concepts and methods from a broad range of disciplines in the medical sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Similarly, it addresses the significant ethical and policy issues at the interface of public health and language (including sign language) policy, broadly interpreted. The third day of the conference is dedicated specifically to the topic of consent in the context of language and health.
Program
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Day I: Quebec |
Day II: Access |
Day III: Consent |
9.00 – 9.15 |
Registration and refreshments |
Refreshments |
Refreshments |
9.15 – 9.30 |
Welcome and opening remarks (Daniel Weinstock, IHSP and Law, McGill) |
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9.30 – 11.00 |
Session 1: Quebec Cases
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Session 4: Bilingualism and/in Healthcare – Patients, Providers and Policies
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Session 7: Theorising Practice
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
11.30 – 13.00 |
Session 2: Plenary – Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
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Session 5: Plenary – Language Beliefs and Technology in Accommodating Deaf Patients
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Session 8: Plenary – Health(y) Communication
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13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
14.30 – 16.00 |
Session 3: Training Challenges
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Session 6: The Limits of Bureaucracy
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Session 9: Diversity Beyond Language
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16.00 – 16.15 |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
16.15 – 17.00 |
General discussion |
General discussion |
General discussion and conclusion |
Plenaries:
- Session 2: Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
Communicating Our Distress, Can You Hear Us? (Chad Katsenhakeron Diabo, MHFA youth trainer and first responder, Kahnawake)
What linguistic barriers exist that hamper our going for help and those trying to help us deal with thoughts of suicide and mental health crisis's. What social prejudices do to close the ears of people to going for help and receiving help or at times even to some professionals who may be offering to help us. To be clear "us" is a reference to First Nations and Inuit people of Quebec and Labrador. Dialogue is possible, if all people are ready, able and willing to listen.
- Session 5: Language Beliefs and Technology in Accommodating Deaf Patients
Modality Matters: Deaf-Heart, Agency, and Video Remote Interpreting in Health Care Settings (Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, bioethicist, Gallaudet)
Folk beliefs about signed languages impact communication access for signing deaf people in surprising ways, including the process of requesting and obtaining accommodations through signed language interpreting. A recent trend in health care settings is the use of video remote interpreting (VRI), in which an interpreter off site is viewed on a screen. This paper argues that the use of VRI runs counter to (indeed, threatens) two rising social movements in the signing Deaf community: Deaf agency in the interpreter accommodations process and the virtue of Deaf-Heart in interpreters.
- Session 8: Health(y) Communication
Medical language (spoken and silent) and informed consent (Marc Zaffran, M.D., physician-writer, Montreal)
Medical language is specific but often difficult to understand for the layperson. When health caregivers wish to obtain informed consent, they must insure that patients fully comprehend what they say and can make a decision based on the information they were given. Therefore, all health caregivers should be translators of their professional language into words and concepts that can be understandable by all.
Registration
There is no fee for attending the conference; however, registration is essential, as places are limited. Included in the registration are all conference sessions, refreshments and catered lunches. In order to reserve your place, please register online.
Information
https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/2017-hcalm-international-conference-0
Document(s)
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