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Marriage Equality Symposium at Advocate Illinois Masonic
From a news release
2014-06-10
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What Does Marriage Equality Mean for My Health Care? Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center will offer a free Marriage Equality Symposium to learn about health care rights in light of Illinois marriage equality.
This important event brings together legal and health care experts to answer all your questions regarding the history and future of health, access and equality. Expert panelists will include Ray Prather, attorney, Prather Ebner, LLP; Scott Schoettes, senior attorney and HIV project national director, Lambda Legal; Donna King, BSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, vice president, clinical operations, and chief nurse executive, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Dr. Nikolaos Dallas, oncologist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; and Dr. Magda Houlberg, medical director, Howard Brown Health Center.
The event will be held June 26, 2014, 2 to 5 p.m., in the Olson Auditorium. 836 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60657
To register, call ( 800 ) 3-ADVOCATE, or ( 800 ) 323-8622, and mention Course Code 9X22. |
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