The Games We Play: What Should Law and Policy do About Youth Playing Collision Sports?
Le Groupe de recherche en santé et droit (RGHL) vous invite à une conférence-midi avec Jason Chung (BCL/LLB'14), qui examinera la question à savoir si les commotions cérébrales sont un problème de santé publique ou simplement un problème pour les ligues sportives.
Le nombre de places est limité: prière de confirmer sa présence en écrivant à rghl.law [at] mcgill.ca.
Une demande d'accréditation pour 1,5h de formation continue obligatoire pour juristes a été déposée auprès d'un dispensateur reconnu.
Résumé
[En anglais seulement] His talk will explore whether concussions in sport are a public health problem or merely an NFL/NHL problem. Chung will outline how media narratives have inaccurately portrayed conflicting research regarding the prevalence of sports-related neurodegenerative conditions, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), among the general population and how this is impacting law-making, policy and legal decisions across North America.
About the speaker
[En anglais seulement] Jason Chung is a faculty member of NYU’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport, senior research scholar at NYU’s Sports and Society Program and co-founder of The Deductible (www.thedeductible.com), a publication providing expert analysis and views on all aspects of the healthcare system. He has chaired on Concussions, CTE and Conditions at NYU, provided expertise on the matter for The Smithsonian National Museum of American History and writes and comments on matters related to public health, technology and sport for publications such as the Boston Globe, CBC News, Newark Star-Ledger, Montreal Gazette and Forbes.
