Law & Medicine Down Under: Shared Experiences, Divergent Paths

Law & Medicine Down Under: Shared Experiences, Divergent Paths is scheduled for June 7 to 13, 2015 in Sydney, Australia.  Here is a link to the program website which includes the faculty and program session descriptions: http://www.law.siu.edu/australia-cle.html 

This program is sponsored by the SIU School of Law and the SIU School of Medicine, and is supported, in part, by funds from the First Health Medical Provider Class represented by SL Chapman LLC.

Course Sessions (tentative)

• The Shared Experiences of Indigenous Peoples in Australia & America    
• The Consequences of Modern Day Incarceration in Australia & America 
• Comparing Medical Tort Reform in America & Australia
• Law and Medicine Lessons from Australia's Universal Health Care System
• Australia’s Court System
• End of Life Decisions—Defining Death and the Choice to Die   
• Mandatory Psychiatric Treatment and the UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: The Widening U.S./Australian Gap in the Standard for Involuntary Treatment 
• Interventions to Address Interpersonal Violence: A Balance of Interests 
• Australian & American Paths to Gun Control