Optimal health and well being is imperative for refugees to adapt and deal with the challenges of settlement and integration. Refugees often face multiple and complex health issues as a result of inequities in social determinants of health. A worldwide concern is the access to effective primary health care (PHC) for refugees to reduce morbidity, improve life expectancy and improve their success of integrating into a new country. This Bond University/HEAL event will explore the complexities and ethical issues around refugee health within Australia with guest speaker Dr. Margaret Kay and expert panel Associate Professor Wendy Bonython and Dr. Richard Matthews.
Date: Wednesday, 2nd October 2019
Time: 5:30pm for a 6pm start until 7:30pm
Location: Bond University, Gregor Heiner Lecture Theatre, 14 University Drive, Robina QLD
Entry: Free. All welcome. To register, click the link below.
Video Conference Option Available: Join a Zoom Meeting through the App ID Number: 899 764 6114 or the website https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8997646114
| Guest Speaker |
Dr Margaret Kay MBBS(Hons) PhD FRACGP DipRACOG Dr. Kay is a general practitioner and Clinical Lead in Multicultural Health with the Brisbane South Primary Health Network. She was inaugural Chair for the Refugee Health Network of Australia and was a foundational member of the Refugee Health Partnership Advisory Group that supports the delivery of health care for refugees in Qld. She graduated from The University of Queensland in 1983, with Honors in Medicine and holds an academic title as Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine, UQ and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She has clinical and research expertise in both refugee health and doctors’ health. She is also the Medical Director of Qld Doctors’ Health Programme (QDHP). |
| Panel Members |
Dr. Wendy Bonython Associate Professor of Law Bond University Wendy Bonython is an Associate Professor of Law at Bond University. Her research interests include torts, health law, and regulation and ethics of technology. She has published widely on issues including research ethics and regulation; legal capacity and culpability; genetic privacy; property in body parts and derivative data; regulation of medical devices and pharmaceuticals; and medical negligence. Her teaching interests include developing student and professional well-being and resilience skills; understanding interdisciplinarity; and developing student communication skills, including through the use of existing and emerging technologies. Dr. Richard Matthews Associate Professor of Medical Ethics Bond University Dr. Richard Matthews is a social justice philosopher and bioethicist, dedicated to helping people understand how ethical practice impacts all aspects of societal well-being. Richard earned his PhD in Philosophy from Queens University at Kingston Ontario in 1999. He went on to teach philosophy for 9 years at various universities in Canada before moving into teaching Social Justice and Peace Studies at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario. His primary research interests are on the nature and ethics of violence. He has published a book The absolute violation: why torture must be prohibited (Montreal & Kingston, MQUP, 2008). Richard worked for three years on practical anti-racism, health ethics with Indigenous peoples, and as a practicing bioethicist in northwestern Ontario. He started at Bond University in 2018, taking up the position as Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and the Theme Lead for Health Advocate and Professionalism. |
