Harold Washington Library (400 S. State Street)
Free, register here: http://bit.ly/1AxggJx
Unable to attend? This event will be streamed live online thanks to CAN TV.View the stream here beginning at 6pm CT, or on television on cable channel CAN TV 27. Participate by sharing your questions on Twitter to @ILHumanitiesusing the hashtag #HealthCrisisCosts.
Presented by the Illinois Humanities Council and Chicago Public Library
Panelists include:
Dr. Robert A. Weinstein, Professor of Medicine, Former Chairman of
Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Dr. Catherine
Belling, Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
University
Dr. Rena Conti, Assistant Professor, Department of
Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Dr. Bruce Lambert, Professor;
Director, Center for Communication and Health, Northwestern University
Moderated by Odette Yousef, Reporter, WBEZ.
With Ebola as one frame
of reference, and ethics and economics as others, the Illinois Humanities
Council and Chicago Public Library will have a robust public dialogue on what
public health threats cost hospitals, business, government, individuals and society.
How much does it cost to keep citizens safe and who pays for it all?
A panel of top economic, medical and humanities experts will use business models and the humanities to spark a conversation exploring the economics and ethics of potential pandemics. Is health safety a human, business or civic responsibility of the government to assure we are protected at all costs? What do we learn from pandemics, threats? What is the role of fear in costs?
A panel of top economic, medical and humanities experts will use business models and the humanities to spark a conversation exploring the economics and ethics of potential pandemics. Is health safety a human, business or civic responsibility of the government to assure we are protected at all costs? What do we learn from pandemics, threats? What is the role of fear in costs?
