The 14th annual McGinley-Rice Symposium looks with compassion into the face of the person who is incarcerated. Incarceration, the theme of McGinley-Rice 14, changes the life of the person who is imprisoned, his/her family, and the community. For many, incarceration does not emancipate or rehabilitate, but rather punishes and robs the person of human dignity and self-worth. Associated with age, race, unemployment, loss, homelessness, mental illness, school dropout and addiction, the person who is in prison loses contact with friends, family, and community support. Incarceration is not the end of the road. It is possible to rebuild one’s life and start over. The saddest outcome of incarceration is suicide.
Duquesne University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing
professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission
on Accreditation. The McGinley-Rice Symposium on Social Justice for Vulnerable Populations is a unique
scholarly forum for nurses and other health care professionals to address issues of
social justice in health care. Organized annually by the holder of the Jacques Laval Endowed Chair in Justice for Vulnerable Populations at the Duquesne University School of Nursing, the McGinley-Rice Symposium is an expression
of the mission of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, the Catholic missionary order
that founded Duquesne and assists needy and marginalized persons throughout the world.
1) Explore the social justice related to the health and well-being of the
incarcerated; 2) Present research data; 3) Discuss clinical and/or programmatic initiatives;
4) Identify and discuss the social and cultural issues of incarceration; and, 5) Discuss
philosophical and/or theoretical issues related to the health and human consequences
incarceration.
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2023 Call for Abstracts
2023 Invites Papers and Posters that:
Questions
Sr. Rosemary Donley, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Rachel Means